Slot has no regrets over treatment of Salah and insists forward solely decided Liverpool exit

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“But that’s in general at the moment, isn’t it?” he said of his own standing among many Liverpool fans after this season’s disappointments.Slot, however, insisted he would not have handled the situation with the club legend any differently. I don’t regret many things I did during our one-and-a-half years together, or just longer.“The assumption that if he’s not playing then he wants to leave – then he would have left one-and-a-half years ago [if that was the case].

I would be surprised if there’s not a moment when Mo shares his thoughts about why he made the decision he made. “Those are your words,” said Slot, who could have Alexander Isak on the bench for Saturday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester City.“I think Mo has earned the right completely to decide whenever he thinks he should leave.

He has to make up his own mind and that’s what he did.”The visit to City marks the start of a defining period for Liverpool and Slot but, despite the external pressure on his position, the 47-year-old confirmed he is heavily involved in planning for this summer’s transfer window. “Yes I am,” he said.