Arne Slot has dismissed renewed considerations about Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future, backing the Egyptian to emulate Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by performing effectively into the twilight of his profession.
Salah, who’s approaching the ultimate six months of his contract, provided a cryptic replace on his future with the membership after scoring within the 2-1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, insisting he’ll bear in mind the sensation of scoring at Anfield “it doesn’t matter what occurs”.
“I have never spoken to him about that,” Slot mentioned in response to Salah’s message in his press convention forward of Tuesday’s conflict with Bayer Leverkusen. “We’ve got spoken about Leverkusen as a result of that group deserves all of our consideration for the standard they’ve.
“He’s out of contract on the finish of the season and now he has a publish which you interpreted in a sure method. Virgil [van Dijk] mentioned one thing within the press [about his situation]. This may most likely proceed for so long as their futures are usually not clear.”
Whatever the uncertainty surrounding his Liverpool future, Slot insisted he stays delighted with Salah’s output as he backed the 32-year-old to stay a famous person for the foreseeable future like Ronaldo, 39, and Messi, 37,
“There isn’t a purpose in the meanwhile to suppose that he’s dropping when it comes to degree,” Slot defined. “That is not what you see whenever you have a look at his numbers or what you see when he performs. I can’t let you know what the long run will appear like. Cristiano Ronaldo, what age is he in the meanwhile? Messi remains to be unbelievable. Unimaginable.
“However there are additionally gamers like me who weren’t pretty much as good any extra at 33 – not that I used to be so good at 26! I regressed worse than Ronaldo and Messi.
“I do know Mo is in an excellent place in the meanwhile. So long as he has been at Liverpool, he has been in an excellent place, however this season once more as effectively.”
