Arne Slot joked Tuesday that Mohamed Salah should have inside data of Manchester Metropolis’s destiny over alleged breaches of Premier League monetary guidelines after the ahead recommended he had performed his remaining recreation at Anfield in opposition to the champions.
Metropolis are dealing with 115 fees associated to the alleged breaches and, if discovered responsible, might face extreme punishment, together with the potential for relegation from the English high flight.
Salah, whose Liverpool contract expires on the finish of the season, has been on the centre of feverish hypothesis over his future.
The Egypt worldwide mentioned Sunday’s 2-0 win in opposition to Metropolis might have been his final house recreation in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s males, who’ve gained six out of the previous seven Premier League titles.
“In all probability till now that is the final Metropolis recreation I’ll play for Liverpool so I used to be simply going to get pleasure from it,” Salah advised Sky Sports activities after the match at Anfield.
“The ambiance was unimaginable so I’ll get pleasure from each second right here. Hopefully we simply win the league and can see what’s going to occur.”
Slot, whose group have gained 18 of their 20 matches in all competitions this season, has change into an knowledgeable in side-stepping questions on the expiring contracts of Salah, captain Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold and on this event selected to make a joke out of it.
“Perhaps Mo is aware of extra in regards to the 115 fees, so he expects them to not be within the Premier League subsequent season,” he mentioned at his pre-match press convention on Tuesday.
“I do anticipate them within the Premier League. No, the boring reply is all the time the identical. This isn’t the place, for me, to speak about Mo’s contract.
“Perhaps I’ve mentioned already an excessive amount of, that will in all probability get the headlines. Nevertheless it was a joke. I repeat, a joke!”
Metropolis, who’ve misplaced six out of their previous seven video games in all competitions, strongly deny the fees.
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Flying begin
Liverpool, 9 factors away from second-placed Arsenal on the high of the Premier League, journey to face mid-table Newcastle on Wednesday.
Slot, in his first season at Anfield after changing Jurgen Klopp, mentioned his males had labored arduous for his or her success.
“If we’d have completed this by simply enjoying on 50 p.c and it’s really easy for us, then they could really feel, ‘Ah, we’re simply too good for this league’,” he mentioned.
“However that’s undoubtedly not what we really feel in opposition to each group, irrespective of if it’s Metropolis or Liverpool or it was Wolves or Nottingham Forest.
“We needed to work actually, actually, actually arduous to get the outcomes, and I feel that retains them with each ft on the bottom.”
And the Dutchman mentioned his gamers weren’t getting carried away with their breathtaking begin to the season, with success a part of the “tradition” of the membership.
“This membership, this group, these gamers are used to the truth that they’re high of the league or they’re competing for each trophy, so then it helps that they’ve skilled this,” he added.
AFP
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