Does it matter? AS long as they have dealt with it internally (or not), that is the key part. Let the team selection do the talking. If Salah is back in the squad/team and if Slot is ask about an appology, he sould say that it was dealt with internally and leave it at that.
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I hope Slot will tomorrow say âwe solved it internally. Mo will be in the squad against Brighton. No further comment on the matterâ
We beat Brighton. Salah starts or comes on from bench and then he leaves for AFCON.
Any Liverpool fans out there who want Salah to be in the news every day for the next 7 weeks?
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only if heâs banging in the goals for Egypt and leading them to the African Nations championship!
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If Slot says all is well, thatâs good enough for me. I donât need a public apology from Mo right now. In the future, Iâd like him to publicly acknowledge his mistake because I think it would reflect well on him and also set a good example for younger players, but thatâs for another time.
He didnât mention a public apology, but there needs to some form of apology in regards to how he went about it through the wrong channels i.e the media and I donât care whether itâs internally or publicly.
He doesnât deserve to start, but should be in the squad if he has apologised to the club for how he went about it.
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Does it matter if there is an apology or not? It is a good question.
I think it does matter. Mo dropped a hand grenade and it has dominated the Liverpool news since. He was openly disrespectful to his manager. He was openly disrespectful to the club. He was pretty arrogant too.
None of those things are the Liverpool way. They are all out of step with our ethos. When there has been such an infraction you can either minimize it, in the hope that it goes away, or you can face it properly, even if it is uncomfortable to do so.
If there is no apology, it tells us a lot about what is permissible at Liverpool. It tells us a lot about the culture and standards we are allowing.
If the club says it has been dealt with internally then the club has spoken and that is the club trying to draw a line under it. For me, that would be a little mealy-mouthed and insufficient. As such, I would interpret it as an attempt to smooth things over in anticipation of selling a valuable asset. At that point I get it. Sell. Move on. If thatâs the intent.
But if the intent is to keep Salah for the long haul, I think an apology is necessary, or else it will be toxic for the culture moving forward. Other people may disagree, but for me, sweeping it under the carpet - especially if the player is going to stay - would be disastrous.
PS
Letâs imagine Mo doesnât apologize, and letâs imagine he stays here for the duration. On a footballing level, does anyone seriously think that Mo is going to be playing the same amount as he has done in recent years? Of course he wonât.
So what are we doing to ourselves if the first time Slot benches him the shit hits the fan and we sweep it under the carpet? What are we inviting for the future if we donât deal with it properly now?
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One more thought on public/private apology.
My preference would be for a public apology from Mo since he went public and set the terms of engagement that way. It would show a lot of humility too, which would be reassuring as the interview Mo gave had more than a whiff of arrogance.
A public apology would bring a groundswell of best wishes for Mo, from all sides of this discussion, and it would be a healing thing for him, and the situation, moving forward.
Still, if Slot says Mo has apologized to him/the club and now the matter is being dealt with internally, that would be good enough for me.
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If Salah leaves, thatâs another song gone from the Kopâs repertoire.
Wrestling with pigs can be a dirty business.
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Youâre quite right, and the whole situation is a pain in the arse!
Weâll see what happens soon enough. My guess is he will be sold, there will be no apology, and the club will play along nicely until a deal is signed and sealed.
If thatâs the way it goes I expect another salty statement or two from Mo along the way.
Hope Iâm wrong, mind.
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Thereâs no way Mo comes back to the matchday squad without apologizing first. Because he has been accusing the club.
It might stay internal, but it will need to happen to resolve positively the situation.
Of he doesnât apologize, heâll be sold and that will be the end of it.
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I dont want an apology. I want a full presentation of his case. Name names. What have they done to make you say they want you out of the club? Do you have evidence? What promises were broken? I want to see the power point
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This is what Iâve been pondering too. Say some kind of rapprochement is engineered , he comes back into the side , and there is no improvement in his shockingly poor form.
What then ? He has to keep starting games for fear of a repeat of his little tantrum or we do no more than what brought it about in the first place , i.e.dropping him again and putting the team first ?
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Assuming he returns at all
Yeah that is the limitation of the âits in everyoneâs best interests for them to make upâ argument. Some disagreements are irreconcilable and it cannot be a make up done on the basis of acquiescing to him playing all the minutes he wants regardless of anything else that the team is experiencing.
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Assuming minutes is the issue. He said nothing about playing time in his rant.
That doesnât change the point being made though. Its about whether it is possible to make Mo happy at this point without acquiescing to him in a way that undermines the managerâs ability to do what he thinks is best for the team.
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Assuming we keep using the diamond midfieldâŚ
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