Arne Slot refused to be drawn on the next steps regarding Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future, insisting that Tuesday night’s 1-0 win over Inter should be about the players who featured in Milan.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s late penalty secured a vital Champions League victory, lifting the Reds into the top eight ahead of Wednesday’s fixtures.
Salah did not travel to Italy following his controversial post-match interview at Leeds United, in which he claimed he had been “thrown under the bus” by the club after being benched for three consecutive games.
Speaking to Amazon Prime, Netherlands legend Clarence Seedorf asked Slot whether an apology from Salah could pave the way for his return.
The Liverpool manager, however, declined to discuss what the exiled No.11 would need to do to earn his place back in the squad.
“I am happy that you asked that,” Slot said in his post-match interview.
“Clarence said that in his opinion [Mo and I should speak] and I said that is his opinion and I didn’t say anything about who should make the first step or whatever.
“It was his opinion and I am happy I can clarify that so the headline tomorrow is not what I have said. It was [Seedorf’s] opinion. Where I stand on that is that tonight it should be all about the players that are here.
“In the rich history of Liverpool, they have had many of these evenings, but after the season we are in, if you have an away win in this stadium against this team then it should be about the midfield or about Ibou (Konate) or the players who are here. They deserve all the credit.
“I can understand on Friday I will get a lot of questions about other things but tonight it is about the ones who are here.”
Speaking to Amazon directly after the 1-0 victory, Slot said: “I think tonight it should be all about a team like this tonight, against a team like this who are winning and a stadium like this.
“The focus should be on that tonight. I can fully understand if I go into the press conference on Friday and all the questions are on Mo but I think these players deserve for it to be about them tonight.”
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