Slot brushes off Liverpool transfer talk but Salah says contract solution ‘far away’
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Arne Slot has said the January transfer window will not become a distraction from Liverpool’s fine run of form or cause a loss of control in his relationship with his players, even though Mohamed Salah admitted a conclusion to his own contract situation remains “far away”.
A steamrollering 5-0 win at West Ham put Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League table, the same day that reports surfaced in Spain suggesting Trent Alexander-Arnold is now close to formalising a much-discussed move to Real Madrid when his contract expires in the summer.
“I think I have a lot of control over what they do if they are on the training pitch or in a meeting with me,” Slot said. “But if you’re talking about their private life I don’t have control. I have control over what I expect from them on the pitch and I’m really pleased to see what Trent, Mo [Salah] and Virgil [van Dijk] bring on the pitch.”.
Slot also paid tribute to the form of Salah, who contributed two assists and a goal at the London Stadium, and to the way the side has supported its cutting edge. Salah now has 17 goals and 13 assists in 18 games, which is the fastest any player has reached 30 goal involvements in a single Premier League season.
“Mo and the word extraordinary is something I have heard a lot in the last six months. He truly deserves this. He doesn’t surprise us. We know what a player he is and what he is able to do. He works really hard aside from that when the opposition team has the ball. I would also add that when he scores the chance is made by other players on the pitch. But when you put him in those positions he is extraordinary.”.
