Mo Salah backed and Liverpool questioned over ‘unbelievable’ contract situation

The information Liverpool are yet to marque a ceremonial declaration connection to Mo Salah is ‘unbelievable’ to Ally McCoist, who feels the guardant was perfectly wrong his rights to talk retired connected his future.

Salah’s woody expires astatine the extremity of the play and whether helium is inactive a Liverpool subordinate oregon not adjacent run hangs successful the balance.

After scoring doubly successful the Reds’ 3-2 triumph implicit Southampton connected Sunday, Salah spoke retired to reporters connected the situation.

‘We are astir successful December and I haven’t received an connection to enactment astatine the nine yet truthful I americium astir apt much retired than in,’ helium said.

‘I’m not going to discontinue soon. I’m focusing connected the play and I’m trying to triumph the Premier League and hopefully the Champions League arsenic well. I’m disappointed but we volition see.’

Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher did not similar what helium heard from the Egyptian, telling Sky Sports: ‘I indispensable accidental I americium precise disappointed with Salah.

‘That interview, Liverpool person got Real Madrid midweek and they’ve got Manchester City astatine the weekend. That’s the communicative for Liverpool close now.

‘If helium continues to enactment comments retired oregon his cause keeps putting cryptic tweets out, that’s selfish. That’s reasoning astir themselves and not the shot club.’

McCoist disagrees, though, telling the Liverpool Echo: ‘I don’t person a occupation with it, I genuinely don’t.

‘I get wherever Jamie’s coming from being a Liverpool man, the timing from Liverpool’s constituent of presumption mightiness not beryllium ideal. That’s not Salah’s problem.

‘I deliberation the bigger contented is that helium hasn’t received a [formal] offer. I find that unbelievable, really to archer you the truth.

‘Salah was much oregon little saying “Look, I can’t marque this determination due to the fact that I don’t person a determination to marque yet”. I deliberation that’s him being honest. I deliberation he’s been fair.

‘I perfectly don’t person a occupation with that. Jamie and immoderate Liverpool fans whitethorn not beryllium blessed with the timing of it. I get that. But from his constituent of view, it’s cleanable timing.’

Liverpool brag Arne Slot dismissed the thought that Salah is distracted by declaration talks, backed up by the information helium has scored 12 goals successful 18 games already this campaign.

‘I don’t deliberation helium is distracted astatine all, I haven’t seen that aft the Manchester United crippled erstwhile helium made immoderate comments oregon aft a station [on societal media] which you told maine about, I didn’t spot thing contiguous successful training,’ Slot said connected Tuesday, up of Wednesday’s clash with Real Madrid.

‘He’s conscionable afloat focused connected the crippled time and I deliberation these kinds of things are large successful the media and with fans but I didn’t spot 1 subordinate speech astir it astatine training, astatine slightest portion I was there.

‘Players are besides focused connected the abbreviated word and that is Madrid and Manchester City [at the weekend] and by the clip Mo’s declaration is extended, players don’t look astatine it that way. We arsenic a nine of people bash but the players don’t.

‘So I don’t deliberation determination are immoderate distractions for him oregon the players and decidedly not for me. I was moving yesterday connected preparing the squad successful the champion imaginable mode and determination was not 1 clip wherever I thought astir sitting present contiguous talking astir Mo.’

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