There Will Be No Early AFCON Exit For Salah – Arne Slot

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has shared when Mohamed Salah will join the Egypt squad for AFCON. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, amid reports that the forward might depart earlier than expected after Egypt arranged a friendly against Nigeria on December 14, he can confirm that Salah will remain on Merseyside for Liverpool’s EPL clash against Brighton.

Slot added that he expects Salah to link up with the Egypt squad on December 15 ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.

His words, “The way we have worked is that there’s a communication between all three – the player, the club and country. That’s nothing new. But FIFA have said December 15 is the last day a player has to be released.”

On benching Salah vs West Ham, “We played four games in 10 days. I have many good players so today I chose a different line-up. Sometimes Alex is on the bench, sometimes Florian. It’s about the players on the pitch. It’s the 11 I chose. I have more than 11 good players and it’s not the first time I’ve chosen not to play Mo.

Fair assumption and normal reaction for someone who can play for us. Of course, a player isn’t happy he isn’t playing, he wasn’t the only one I can tell you. The way he behaved was as you would expect from the professional he is, he was very supportive for his team-mates and handled himself really well.

You can’t play that well every three days if you go with your emotions, but Mo is so disciplined. He will always be that top professional as he was the last few days.”

WOW.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.

The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.

Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.