Arne Slot gave his reaction to Mo Salah stating that this will be his “last year” at Liverpool following the side’s 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The Egyptian winger, who scored on goal and provided two assists in the game, has entered the final year of his contract, but pointedly remarked that the club have not spoke to him about a new deal.
“I had a good summer and had a long time to myself to try to stay positive because as you know it’s my last year at the club,” Salah told Sky Sports after the final whistle.
“I just want to enjoy it and I don’t want to think about it. I feel like I’m free to play football and then we’ll see what happens next year.”
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Slot responds to Salah comments on Liverpool future
Slot tried to downplay the comments in his post-match press conference. “It’s a lot of ‘ifs’ but at this moment he’s one of ours and I’m really, really happy with him being one of ours,” the Liverpool manager said.
“He plays really well. I don’t talk about contracts for players, but I can talk for hours about how Mo played today. But are you interested in that?”
The Dutchman was in full praise of his team after they maintained their spotless record in the Premier League after three games.
“I think everything you want to see as a manager you saw in this game,” Slot said.
“So, there were difficult moments for us – I think United started really well and we conceded one or two corner kicks in that moment.
“But we fought ourselves through those moments and then we got the disallowed goal but there was no negative reaction at all, we just kept on playing afterwards: scoring free, we could have scored more, two important saves from Ali [Alisson Becker] in the second half.
“So, everything was there and maybe the one that was most important is that the work-rate was incredible by all of them without the ball, and that makes it a very positive day today.”
