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Salah out of Reds’ Inter trip as war of words with Slot erupts

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December 09, 2025

MOHAMED Salah has been dropped from Liverpool's squad for their Champions League tie at Inter Milan after the Egypt star’s extraordinary criticism of his treatment by boss Arne Slot.

Salah was not included in the squad announced by Liverpool yesterday, despite being seen smiling while training with the first team earlier in the day.

Salah said on Saturday he felt he had been “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and that he no longer had a relationship with Slot after being left on the bench for the third consecutive game in a 3-3 draw with Leeds.

In the midst of a dismal season by his standards, the 33-year-old was not even used as a substitute at Elland Road.

“I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager, and all of a sudden we don't have any relationship,’ Salah told reporters at the weekend in response to being left on the bench again.

“I don't know why, but it seems to me — how I see it — that someone doesn’t want me in the club.

“It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame”

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