Overview
- Salah was included in Liverpool’s squad for Saturday’s match against Brighton following a face‑to‑face meeting with Arne Slot.
- The game is his last chance to feature for Liverpool this year before he joins Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations.
- Salah had been benched in recent league games, said he was "thrown under the bus," and was left out of the Inter Milan trip after a club decision in which Slot took part.
- Slot said he has no reason to want Salah to leave and stressed selection calls are his, following ongoing conversations with the player and club executives Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards.
- Transfer interest persists, with Saudi Pro League suitors linked and MLS commissioner Don Garber publicly welcoming Salah to the United States, while pundits including Jamie Carragher—who later apologized—criticized his outburst and some voices urged a January sale without a reconciliation.