{"id":16680,"date":"2025-12-10T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=669558"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:30:53","slug":"slot-puts-ball-in-salahs-court-rift-deepens-as-player-preparing-for-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/slot-puts-ball-in-salahs-court-rift-deepens-as-player-preparing-for-the-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Slot puts ball in Salah\u2019s court; Rift deepens as player preparing for the move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rift between Mohamed Salah and Liverpool has taken yet another dramatic turn, with manager Arne Slot publicly stating that the Egyptian must \u201ctake the first step\u201d if the situation is to be resolved. Salah, who was excluded from the crucial San Siro clash, now finds himself at the centre of an escalating saga.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Liverpool\u2019s victory over Inter, Slot hinted that the responsibility for reconciliation now lies with the player. \u201cYou say everyone makes mistakes in life\u2026 so the first thing should be, does the player think he\u2019s made a mistake as well?\u201d the manager questioned, adding more fuel to the already blazing controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Slot further complicated the narrative by raising a key issue: who should initiate the conversation? \u201cShould the initiative come from myself or from Salah? That\u2019s another one to answer,\u201d he said, while clarifying that he has not refused to speak with the forward: \u201cI have not said I\u2019m not gonna talk with Mo anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These comments come amid intensified speculation linking Salah with a sensational move to Saudi Arabia, where top clubs remain determined to land the Liverpool superstar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rift between Mohamed Salah and Liverpool has taken yet another dramatic turn, with manager Arne Slot publicly stating that\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3798,3796,422,3279,2604,2428,4188,612,4353,4352],"class_list":["post-16680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arne-slot","tag-football","tag-inter-milan","tag-lfc","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-sack-arne-slot","tag-salah","tag-salah-controversy","tag-salah-dispute"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}