In a way, it is baffling that Liverpool fans are still unsure whether the game at Anfield on Saturday will be a farewell, as Salah hinted after the Leeds game.
But Thursday was a day off for the Liverpool players and Salah didn’t travel to Milan so it makes sense that the crunch talks between Slot and Salah will take place at the training centre on Friday morning.
The key line from Slot was his insistence that he has “no reasons to not want [Salah] to stay”.
That suggests the door is open for Salah to play again for Liverpool, whether that’s on Saturday against Brighton or after the Africa Cup of Nations.
Asked by BBC Sport whether he still had a relationship with Salah after the Egyptian had said otherwise, Slot laughed and insisted that it would be “useless” for him to answer.
He repeatedly said that the next time he should speak about Salah should be with the 33-year-old and that was indicative of what a gruelling week it has been for Liverpool. For Slot, understandably, there’s no point inflaming the situation further.
On Tuesday, the understanding was that Salah was excluded from the squad for a short period of time.
But even if it’s unlikely, Slot implied that there is still a possibility that Salah may be back in for Saturday and that alone indicates that there may be a happy ending to a truly ugly state of affairs.
