Overview
- The Liverpool manager said Salah will return after Egypt face Nigeria in the third-place play-off in Morocco.
- He praised Salah’s importance to the club and joked he would be pleased to have him back even with 15 attackers.
- Slot said talks are under way about the winger’s post-AFCON workload and he is expected to rejoin training next week.
- The comments follow weeks of tension after benchings and Salah’s claim of a relationship breakdown, although he later assisted as a substitute against Brighton.
- Without Salah, Liverpool recorded two wins and three draws and sit 14 points behind Arsenal, with an 11-match unbeaten run preceding fixtures against Marseille and Bournemouth.