Arne Slot sticks to his guns over Mohamed Salah Liverpool exit - 'I don't regret many things'

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All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageSpeaking ahead of Saturday's trip to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-final, Slot maintained he handled the situation correctly and denied that Salah's public intention to leave was solely due to that specific period last year."I look back at this season thinking that I made a few decisions that could have been better but I’m not talking about this specific thing with Mo," Slot said."I don't regret many things I did during a little longer than one-and-a-half years together. Again, the assumption that if he's not playing that he wants to leave - that's the assumption being made - then he would have left one-and-a-half years ago."I can remember West Ham away when he wasn't playing (under Jurgen Klopp in 2024).

But history has shown is that he did not do that previously and had a great season after that."When things like this are announced to the outside world, I don't think it's a surprise for you to hear that there are a lot of discussions, talks going on between him, his agent, the club, me and him, before this comes out in the public."But, as I always said, and I'm not going to change on what has been said between the two of us, or between him and the club, that is something I'm not going to share."If he wants to share his reasons why he did it then it's up to him, but that's not up to me to speak for him. I think Mo has earned the right completely to decide whenever he thinks he should leave.

And he's done so many things for this club. But that doesn't have to be true."I would be surprised if there's not moment when Mo's going to share his thoughts about why he made the decision he made.