Szobozslai says no player will look to sway Salah’s decision.
Liverpool players will not try to influence Salah on his future, says Szobozslai.
According to Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah’s next move will not be influenced by the Liverpool dressing room because only the player and the club have the power to resolve their impasse.
Due to his extremely harsh interview at Leeds, Salah was left out of Arne Slot’s squad and missed Liverpool’s crucial Champions League victory over Inter on Tuesday. Additionally, the 33-year-old attacker might not play when Brighton travels to Anfield on Saturday. On Monday, he is scheduled to report for duty with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Szoboszlai, one of Salah’s closest pals at Liverpool, scored the game-winning penalty that sent Inter to their first European loss at San Siro in almost three years. However, the captain of Hungary acknowledged that Salah’s teammates would not have any say in how the contentious incident is settled.
“I’m very close with him,” said Szoboszlai, who has taken Salah’s place on the right since the striker was first dropped at West Ham. “It’s nothing to do with the players. It’s him and his own choice with what he is doing with his own life and his own career.”
“It’s not our decision as players. I love him as a human being, as a friend of mine. As a player he has done so much for this club it’s going to be the club’s and is decision.”
Following their win at San Siro, Liverpool players were hesitant to get involved in the Salah situation. Curtis Jones maintained that Liverpool’s performance against Inter showed the team remained steadfastly behind Slot and that the controversy had no effect on the environment in the locker room. Jones remarked, “We always are, we always are.”
“He [Slot] is human at the end of the day. If we get beat in games it affects him; it affects us all too the same way it affects fans. He is a positive man, he always makes a change.
“The style of play has changed a bit. He is as hungry as ever, exactly the same with us. He is there with us and we are there with him as well.”