Arne Slot set for crunch talks with Mohamed Salah to determine Liverpool future

The Egyptian forward was left out of the traveling squad for the UEFA Champions League away to Inter Milan after his explosive interview last weekend where he claimed his relationship with Slot had become non-existent.

The Reds host Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday with Salah set to depart for the African Cup of Nations following the match.

When asked on Friday whether Salah had played his final game for the club, Slot told reporters:"I will have a conversation with Mo this morning. The outcome of that conversation determines how it will look tomorrow.

"What I need is a conversation with him and the next time I speak about Mo should be with him and not in here. There's not much more to say about it.

"I will speak to him today and the outcome of that conversation determines how things will look tomorrow.

"You can try it in multiple ways, the next time I speak should be with him. We've spoken a lot in the last week, after the Sunderland game, there have been a lot of conversations between his representatives and ours, between him and me.

"And today I will speak with him again."

The Liverpool mentor also clarified the decision-making process behind omitting Salah from the trip to Italy, saying it was decision made by him and the club's board.

Slot added: "We've decided as a club, I was part of that decision not to take Mo to Inter Milan.

"I'm always in conversation [with the Liverpool board], but when it comes to the decision making of the squad or the line-up that is always left to me.

"That's not to say I don't talk to Richard (Hughes). I talk to Richard about many things. But to play a player is entirely up to me."