{"id":5981,"date":"2025-12-19T14:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:24:47","slug":"liverpool-have-moved-on-from-salah-saga-with-egypt-star-away-at-afcon-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5981","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool have \u2018moved on\u2019 from Salah saga with Egypt star away at AFCON | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Liverpool\u2019s Mohamed Salah has joined Egypt for AFCON 2025 but has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 19 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">19 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Arne Slot said Liverpool have \u201cmoved on\u201d from the furore caused by Mohamed Salah\u2019s explosive outburst at being dropped and are showing signs of growing into the side he wants to see.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds begin what could be up to a month without Salah, who is representing Egypt at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), away at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>After a run of nine defeats in 12 games, Slot has steadied the ship in a five-game unbeaten run, during which Salah did not start a single game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActions speak louder than words. We moved on,\u201d Slot told reporters on Friday, referring to his decision to bring Salah on as a substitute in last week\u2019s 2-0 victory over Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Salah said after the 3-3 draw at Leeds United \u2013 the third consecutive game for which he was benched \u2013 that he had been thrown under the bus for Liverpool\u2019s woes this season. He was dropped from the squad that travelled to Inter Milan in the Reds next match. Subsequently, interest was shown from Saudi Arabia about bringing Salah to the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow he\u2019s at the AFCON playing big games for himself and the country,\u201d Slot continued. \u201cAll the focus for him is over there and there should not be any distraction of me saying anything because we moved on after the Leeds interview and he played against Brighton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite a difficult second season for Slot in England, Liverpool sit seventh in the Premier League and would move into the top four with a victory against struggling Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>The English champions transformed their squad over the summer transfer window, spending nearly 450 million pounds ($602m) to bring in Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the impressive Ekitike, all the new signings have struggled, and Slot conceded he had been overly optimistic over how long it would take for his new-look squad to perform consistently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are getting closer and closer to the team I want us to be and that has gone with ups and downs,\u201d said the Dutchman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for me, that makes complete sense because all the changes we\u2019ve made during the summer, and we made them on purpose because we thought we needed to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m completely honest, maybe I didn\u2019t expect it to take maybe as long as it did, but, looking back on it, reflecting on it now, I think I\u2019ve been too positive because if you go with a new group where not all of them are completely ready to play every single game, 90 minutes in this intensity, you have to adapt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes he can play, then he cannot play. So it takes maybe a bit of time, and we\u2019ve been very unlucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Gomez and Cody Gakpo will miss the trip to Tottenham due to injury, but Slot is hopeful that Dominik Szoboszlai will be fit to start. Frimpong returns after a two-month absence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u2019s Mohamed Salah has joined Egypt for AFCON 2025 but has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League. 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