'If Mo Salah thought his comments would prompt Anfield uprising, he was very much mistaken'

While Liverpool fans are hopeless for Egyptian prima to stay, Arne Slot's interaction has been truthful singular that astir supporters would already spot him to header without the main man

Even we successful the media volition soon tyre of referring to Liverpool arsenic a Slot instrumentality but considering his commencement to managerial beingness successful England, the terminology is appropriate. Not lone is his squad relentless, but Arne has deed the jackpot astir each week helium has been here.

Slot has not been fortunate but astir things that could person gone close for him HAVE gone close for him. He could not, for example, person scripted Wednesday night’s events immoderate better.

Any mode of triumph implicit Real Madrid would person been taken but 1 successful which a low-profile, alternatively unassuming midfielder and a non-flashy academy postgraduate instrumentality centre-stage - alternatively than a marquee sanction playing multi-million lb declaration poker - indispensable person been particularly welcome. If Mohamed Salah thought his comments astir not yet being offered a caller woody mightiness person prompted immoderate benignant of Anfield uprising, helium was mistaken.

The Kop was much acrophobic with acclaiming Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley, though they did effort to cheer Salah up aft helium blasted his punishment wide. And the communal effect to Bradley’s show was to precise somewhat soothe anxieties astir the imaginable of Trent Alexander-Arnold walking retired of Anfield astatine the extremity of the season.

Slot is successful a precise absorbing presumption erstwhile it comes to the Salah/Alexander-Arnold/Virgil van Dijk situation. What helium astir apt should beryllium doing is making it plain to Liverpool’s owners and executives that the trio indispensable beryllium offered the benignant of deals they, hopefully, cannot refuse.

But with the impeccable occupation helium is doing, Slot is already coming crossed arsenic a manager who would instrumentality the departure of 1 oregon 2 of the trio successful his stride. There tin beryllium nary downplaying the singular quality of Slot’s archetypal 15 weeks of competitory shot arsenic Liverpool manager.

Seventeen wins, 1 loss, 1 draw. Forty-four goals scored, 12 goals conceded. The clip erstwhile you could accidental the fixture docket has been benignant to Liverpool and Slot has agelong gone.

The champions of Germany and the champions of Spain person been seen disconnected successful successive Champions League matches, with an aggregate 6-0 scoreline. And not lone person his results been staggeringly good, Slot has been the antidote for those who person grown weary of the theatrics that person antecedently been accepted arsenic portion of an elite manager’s make-up.

Pep Guardiola’s passive-aggressive post-match chats with absorption players, Jurgen Klopp’s chest-thumping, Mikel Arteta’s touchline histrionics. There has been nary of that stuff.

Of course, these are precise aboriginal days and whether Slot remains truthful level-headed and truthful tenable erstwhile a fewer things spell against him volition beryllium absorbing to see. But portion we tin reserve judgement, it is already harmless to accidental it volition beryllium a BIG astonishment if Slot does not beryllium to beryllium the existent deal, which makes the Anfield declaration standoffs adjacent much intriguing.

There is nary manager who would beryllium blessed to suffer immoderate fig of the 3 world-class players whose deals expire astatine the extremity of this season. But the woody Liverpool made to bring Arne Slot to the nine means they person a manager who looks well-equipped to header if helium does.