"On Saturday, after the Pool Boys blew both a 2-0 and a 3-2 lead to freakin' Leeds United, Mohamed Salah, who had been benched for three straight matches, fanned the flames of this tire fire in a postgame interview. He said that his relationship with Liverpool manager Arne Slot had evaporated, that the club broke some unnamed promises to him from the summer, and that Liverpool "has thrown me under the bus.""
"Reports are flying left and right, as everyone pounces on every bit of information that leaks out of the club. The players are all behind Salah! The club supports Slot! Dominik Szoboszlai is tweeting angrily at random Hungarian journalists! On Monday, Slot gave a press conference tried to quell the flames to predictable futility, and now it seems like a divorce for Salah and Liverpool is more likely than not."
"He'll be off to the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt soon, and he might never return to the club. For its part, Liverpool has to either figure out how to get Salah back in the mix or figure out how to get rid of him and move on from the most successful era it has had this millennium. Slot might still be fired, too."
Liverpool surrendered leads to Leeds United, intensifying a troubled season. Mohamed Salah, benched for three matches, publicly stated that his relationship with Arne Slot had evaporated, accused the club of breaking unnamed summer promises, and said Liverpool "has thrown me under the bus." Media and social reaction erupted with conflicting signals about player and club support and Dominik Szoboszlai posting angrily online. Slot held a press conference but failed to calm tensions. Salah will miss Champions League fixtures, will join Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, and may never return, forcing Liverpool to reconcile or move on.
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