08 Dec 2025 14:39:21
Salah has to go by the way, forget what he’s done he should never play for the club again, undermining the manager, saying he doesn’t have to earn his place and the strop he threw when Klopp dropped him once also. Make a big example of him and get rid, one bad egg spoils the rest.
08 Dec 2025 14:55:23
I agree. I had hoped that Salah would accept that he’s going to get less game time over his last 2 years and help bring the new players through to keep us successful but he has shown once again he’s only interested in one thing. Mo Salah.
Get him out now we don’t need someone of his stature negatively influencing the rest of the squad.
It makes you wonder if this is something Slot’s been battling the whole season. The new, expensive signings coming in and pushing the old guard’s noses out of joint.
{Ed025's Note - you could be right SD..
08 Dec 2025 15:09:51
Oh dear it sounds like the Salah posters are coming down off the wall. He's been a hell of a player for the club, probably unfortunate not to win a bit more. But his time has come to an end and its time for pastures new.
Personally I thought it was a mistake to give him the bumper new contract at his age. But if the club get £30m+ for him then I suppose it makes sense. Good luck to him.
08 Dec 2025 15:25:59
I'm sure I'll get pilloried for this, but I genuinely believe, given how the Saudis are so desperate to get poster boy Mo, we could see a similar fee for Mo as we'd have to pay for Semenyo,
That being the case, those posters scoffing at us spending another £200m+ in Jan may be a fair bit off the mark.
If we can effectively get a swap between Mo and Semenyo in terms of fees, then we're probably going to have to pay up for Guehi (c£15-£20m) . Seen a clickbait on Konate being shifted for £10-£15m - that would make sense. And in which case, we may have another CB addition - Ordonez maybe - which would bring our net spending on defenders up to c£50m in Jan.
Depending on who the manager is, I could see someone like Ederson coming in to provide a bit more protection at the back, albeit with Guehi and Ordonez (for example) joining VVD and Gomez we may already be a lot more secure at the back.
I'm really looking towards a second half of the season bounce to get us back near the top.
Gut feel? We'll get Top 4 and City will win the league again.
08 Dec 2025 15:30:12
It’s a shame he’s tarnished his legacy with his selfish behaviour, great numbers but everyone has their time and no one is bigger than the club. Saf won’t have had any of it at united and his biggest strength was knowing when to move lads on, we need characters who set the example for youngsters not a petulant brat who kicks off when he gets dropped.
I always preferred mane anyway Salah has always been all about him.
08 Dec 2025 15:40:12
Slot’s main battle is accepting that his favorite “tiki-taka-but-slower” approach doesn’t actually win games. He’s obsessed with passing sideways between defenders like it’s some kind of magic spell, and the results speak for themselves, our worst run of form in over 70 years.
For a brief moment, we beat two in-form teams, Villa and Madrid, by remembering last year’s tactics, but, of course, he went back to his beloved style. Since then, we’ve won only once in six matches. That is his battle, and at the moment, it’s safe to say he’s spectacularly losing.
08 Dec 2025 15:48:02
lol what a bunch of pansies, Salah has tarnished nothing, lay off the drugs.
08 Dec 2025 16:03:21
£10m-£15m for Konate, Zeddicus?
He's worth £80m all day long mate ;)
08 Dec 2025 16:22:40
"It’s a shame he’s tarnished his legacy".
Nah, this ain't it, IMO. And if anyone thinks this episode makes Slot look good, is dreaming. For me, this is a scathing indictment on his record this season. Simply Shambolic. Same for Salah, btw.
So Salah may leave BUT Slot is getting binned once all conditions have be unified for it to happen. This ain't a "Salah v Slot" situation where there is a winner and a loser. Much the contrary. This is a lose/ lose for both individuals, IMO.
08 Dec 2025 16:29:38
Konate hasn’t become a bad player overnight. He’s been terrible for months now.
08 Dec 2025 16:42:14
Salah has messed up big style but he will not tarnish his legacy with this.
He’s wrong, he’ll have to go, but he will always be remembered as the Egyptian King.
08 Dec 2025 17:10:01
The Egyptian King who was far too self centred and hence will not be a legend in the Kenny Dalglish book of legends.
{Ed001's Note - so not true. You know nothing about a man that has given huge sums away to help those less fortunate. Focused and driven, yes, but his centre is not himself but his family.}
08 Dec 2025 16:55:59
1) No legacy tarnishing going on here. Yes we may have a slightly sour taste in our mouths right now, but in decades to come he will rightly join the select group - King Kenny, Barnesy, Rush, Gerrard etc - as Kop heroes for all that he has done.
2) Bulk, what colour is the sky in your world, mate?! Seriously tho, not only has Konate's form fallen off a cliff this season, but he will only have 6m of his contract left. If Guehi is going to be around £15-£20m given the same length of remaining contract, Konate would be a step down from that. I don't think many fans would disagree with that relative valuation.
08 Dec 2025 17:08:00
Yeah, I don't buy this Salah tarnishing he legacy stuff either, but I also have no delusions this will be good for the team.
I think this is just the first public breakdown between the manager and players, and both Slot and Salah are wrong here. Salah should have bided his time and used this to fuel his own performances so he could eventually be proven right that he was no the cause of our poor form. No one with eyes can think our boring slow play was only because of Mo. However, at the same time, if Salah is worried at being sold in Jan and he doesn't want to go, he may be concerned that he doesn't have the time to wait.
Either way, things have somehow soured further for us as a club. Hope we can get this all straightened soon.
08 Dec 2025 17:28:09
I respect the work that he's done, but I agree with WarMachine. He will never sit alongside Sir Kenny. How much he's given away is of no relevance to me as a Liverpool supporter. I repeat what I've said, he was bang out of order.
08 Dec 2025 17:28:11
Salah shouldn’t have spoke as he did, but slot shouldn’t still be in charge. I wonder if Salahs opinion is shared by the players and they’ve had enough.
Slot has taken world beaters and turned them into Luton town. As a player I’d be upset as well.
But yea Salah should not of done that interview. Still a legend, and I think if he leaves this will go down as a slot clanger, similar to the whole Benitez alonso issue.
Slots only hope of coming out on top in this is to go on and win a trophy.
08 Dec 2025 17:33:48
BTW Bulk, just noticed the winky face! Sorry mate, took you at face value!
08 Dec 2025 17:42:43
Whether you think Salah was right or wrong, the fact is it shows there are underlying problems.
I do think Salah needed to be benched due to poor form, but you can argue that barring Szobz and Ekitike everyone could have been; maybe now we see some of the reasons why his form was poor may be this and the rubbish tactics.
Along with the other rumours of player discontent, and the way it seems some players have been treated, then we have to look at the Manager/ Coach and the other members of the management.
for me it shows the management can't manage, and if Hughes is as complicit as it appears Slot is, then thanks for the Nice signings, but now you can go.
The least Mo deserved after the service he has provided was a frank and honest conversation.
08 Dec 2025 19:30:41
Salah is a club legend. He shouldn’t have spoken to the media but Slot should have brought him on as a sub at least. Refusing to do so hurt a key team member. Remember managers need to be psychologists as well as tacticians. Salah is a sensitive sole, hence his kindness to other players and his real sense of loss with the passing of Jota. If this team can find some intensity again Salah will be very much needed for a top 4 push.
It pains me to see the state of the team at the moment, the managers refusal to change tactics or his inability to get the players to change tactics on the pitch is disastrous. He was so good last season at changing things if they weren’t working. Maybe Heitinga was the real magician. Anyway hope is still there, the squad is strong if managed properly.