SLOT SHOULD JUST TELL HIS STAR: NOW PROVE ME WRONG!

IF he chose to, Mo Salah could sit on his backside, not try a leg in training, not be bothered whether Liverpool win, lose or draw...and pick up his four hundred grand a week.

- BY ANDY DUNN

He could then decide when he wants to turn that into at least a million a week by going to Saudi Arabia. No dramas. No words.

So, Salah's interview after the draw at Elland Road might well have been disrespectful, it might well have been selfish, it might well have undermined the ethos of any football club, but at least he has got the major hump about being put on the bench.

At least he cares. Yeah, about himself, most might say. And they would have a point.

And Arne Slot would be well within his rights to deem Salah's detailed critique of the club and its manager unforgivable and make it clear the current Footballer of the Year no longer has a Liverpool future.

But these are grown men. There is no reason why they cannot sort this out in Slot's office this morning. And no, not like that.

For Slot, it might mean sacrificing principles for practicalities.

Principles say the manager's authority should not be disrespected in the way Salah has disrespected Slot.