Yeah, I don’t think he has to do it publicly. I think Slot coming out and saying “we’ve talked, he’s apologized, we’re moving forward” would be enough for everyone.
But taking responsibility for your mistakes is a major mark of character and leadership. It would be a good example for his teammates.
I take it Salah is still getting his £400k this week? Of course he is.
I would disagree with this. Since he selected a public forum for his outburst, the apology should be public too. Mo chose the terms of engagement and put all this in the public domain.
The public apology can be brief, with an accompanying statement to say there will now be a private conversation to work things out, so please respect that process.
If he fails to do that, there is something lacking, in my opinion.
I wouldn’t say so, since we structure our deals, so it’s also performance based.
But I imagine it’s still high.
Sometimes it does but usually it only comes out years later when the player has long retired, the manager and directors have all moved on, and no one cares anymore. Fowler, Agger and a few others have openly talked about being pushed out or having promises broken, but only long after they’d left.
Right now everyone assumes Mo is simply angry about being dropped, and that the “broken promise” relates to playing time. But the way this summer went, I doubt that’s the real issue. We’ve spent over £300m on young forwards. The far more likely “promise” is that the club convinced him to stay, sign a new deal, and then changed the strategic plan immediately afterwards. Salah even says: “It seems like someone doesn’t want me in the club.”
If the board can bank £100m plus his wages, the books look cleaner. From a financial perspective it makes sense but from Salah’s standpoint it would be a betrayal. He could’ve run his deal down and left for free. Instead he trusted the club and signed a new contract in April.
If the hierarchy persuaded him to extend, with a plan on cashing in (or just bad planning getting Ekitike, Writz and Isak), then yeah that’s a pretty shitty move. Understandable from a business perspective… but still scummy. To be honest I think that’s what’s happened.
However instead of it being phased over a longer period, the club reacted to opportunity of Isak. To quote Salah from the outburst “I thought ‘I’m going to renew here and end my career here”
Rather than MO posting what is little more than ‘victim’ images of himself, which just continues to stir the pot, would it not be best, if both sides take a small step back to try and take the heat out of the whole situation. At the moment, in what is the aftermath, to me anyway, there seems as though there is only one party acting like an adult in the room… and it is not MO.
If MO is pushing the narrative as it seems, it is little more than picking at the ‘scab’ to move the situation along. With AFCON imminent, does he feel pressure of a looming timeline, is he looking for answers or a conclusion before he departs.. who knows. What is certain, after his outburst, he no longer controls the narrative… LFC are now in full control of that, and they have no reason to show their hand, or the next cards they are going to play. Time is on their side.
MO has the chance of one game before he departs. Maybe best if they sanction an early release before that and get some space and distance for heads to cool… How events unfold now, will be determined by the hierarchy well above the paygrade of AS.
MO has rocked the boat of an FSG company, he has criticised the calibre of one of their appointees, there is no way they will cave-in to the demands of a single player… whatever they might be.
We all know LFC have been playing shit for a while now. The pressure gauge monitoring the performance of AS is steadily, but surely building up. His man-management skill (or lack off), his tactical awareness/ignorance, his non inspirational, non emotional body language, his bland pre-match press meetings, are all now becoming more noticeable the more games we lose. In short, the fans/media are scrutinising everything at the moment.
To me, I want the team playing other teams off the park in every game. Yeah, it would be great if the manager was perfect for the role, but in the grand scheme of things… the team winning with a good style of football is what is important to me. The manager, and his personality traits… well you can’t always get your wish.
I do hope AS proves to be serial winner while he remains at the club. I also hope he learns from this episode and takes a long hard look at himself to see the areas for self improvement…!
It is not the fans that have to put up with him on a daily basis, but we do have to put up with watching the standard of football he is capable of producing. As a fan, if we are winning everything before us, who cares if we have Arne Slot in charge, Arne Blot or Arne Clot… Just bring the silverware back to Anfield and give us footballing nights that last a lifetime :0)
It’s funny that you’re omitting that we also lost three forwards this summer, too. I don’t see that as a legitimate gripe, especially as Mo was still starting and playing almost every minute of every match until the PSV disaster.
I’m off the opinion that the board took a low risk gamble giving Mo a new huge contract, due to his age, salary and performance levels.
No doubt Mo was great at the start of last season, but his form did dip as the season went on.
and he isnt getting any younger
I wonder if the board ever considered not giving him a new contract last season?
But gave him a new 1 on the back of the awards that he won at the end off last season, but thinking if it doesnt work out and he doesn’t perform to a level we expect him to (which he hasnt), we can sell him to the Saudi League
Hey Mo, we’re sorry we pay you 400k a week to stink the place out with your performances then go nuclear and throw a fit once we rightfully remove you from the starting line up.
Sincerely, LFC
Sort of like here then 
I dont think that the issue is the number - its more that they are currently unable to press from the front because of the specific forwards they bought. In selling Diaz, they lost our main pressing forward. There are probably few combinations that now allow Mo to play to his remaining strengths.
What could these be? The main thing springing to mind is either time on the field or positioning/workload on the field. Neither is something Mo should be promised and reacting as he did over either would be telling.
An olive branch can take the form of many things, including that of an apology.
You really think that’s what he meant by broken promises? That they didn’t sign forwards who press well enough? Or are you just searching for a rationalization?
In any event, Mo might be the last player who can complain about pressing. The man doesn’t help at all defensively. He doesn’t get to complain when he consistently allows his man to gallivant past him without so much as a defensive action.
Either way, he doesn’t get to decide transfer strategy, which is focused on the club’s longterm sustainability and vision, not on making Mo Salah’s life easier.
Hence why he may be unhappy with the transfers…he needs others to do the running for him…
I think you missed my point. I don’t think it’s about minutes, defending or even performance. I suspect as soon as we broke 2 transfer records the plan was to sell Mo.
My point is FSG has always had strict accounting practices. Last summer was the exception. It becomes far less exceptional if Salah is sold.
This I agree with.
I find Slot more like Rafa in the sense that I don’t necessarily gravitate to his public persona. Give me results and I don’t care. When results go south knives come out quicker.
Nothing like his predecessor when we loved the presence, sense of humour in pressers, passion, bear hugs etc.
Interestingly the mail was the Wirtz entourage were totally sold after talking with Slot and hearing his plans and strategy. If true not a bad effort to snap up the worlds most wanted player. Yes money helped. Not sure how involved he was with the other expensive signings. So he can obviously communicate well. And it wasn’t that long ago that so many football experts were praising the tactical nous.
So for what it is worth the Title last year was no fluke. But everyone’s skill is tested when the going gets tough. It’s the hard days that define us. It’s a very fine line right now - his making to get out of this mess or can’t handle it. The former for me I hope.
Perhaps. I believed the plan in re-signing him was, in part, to preserve his transfer value for a summer 2026 transfer. But Mo would have to consent to that anyway. And I don’t think it’s credible to suggest that our moves wouldn’t have happened either way. We needed new forwards regardless, and he was only on a two year deal.
I think it’s a stretch to believe that he’s upset about that, though. If he is, then he’s more delusional than I thought.
I think it’s far more likely that he’s upset because he’s been benched. And there’s lot of good reasons for that.
And yet some still wanted Klopp gone, in the beginning.
