Mohamed Salah is expected to be omitted from Liverpool’s travelling party for their Champions League fixture at Inter on Tuesday, although a final decision has yet to be made.

The call will be taken by sporting director Richard Hughes in conjunction with the club’s ownership and would underline their support of head coach Arne Slot.

It follows Salah, who trained with his team-mates on Monday, saying on Saturday he felt “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and revealing that his relationship with Slot has broken down.

The 33-year-old was speaking after a draw at Leeds United, the third consecutive match in which he was named on Liverpool’s substitutes bench and the second where he did not feature.

Salah left the door open to a January exit from Anfield and claimed he has been made a scapegoat for Liverpool’s struggles this season, insisting “someone does not want me in the club”.

Liverpool do not regard the Egypt international’s exclusion against Inter as disciplinary action and the step is viewed in isolation, rather than having a bearing on Salah’s possible selection going forward — including for Saturday’s Premier League game at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Liverpool insist they remain fully committed to Salah and his contract, which runs through until 2027, while maintaining that the current situation is temporary and can still be turned around.

They are said not currently to be planning for the forward’s exit, nor making plans to use the January transfer window for possible replacements.

Salah said on Saturday: “I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager, and all of a sudden, we don’t have any relationship. I don’t know why, but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn’t want me in the club.”

The forward scored 34 goals and provided 23 assists in all competitions last season as he helped Slot’s side to the Premier League title, ahead of signing a two-year contract extension through to the summer of 2027.

Asked if he now regrets signing the new contract in April when he could have left as a free agent in the summer, Salah said: “Imagine how bad that I have to answer it, honestly. That hurts, even the question hurts. This club, signing for this club, I will never regret it.

“I thought I was going to renew here and end my career here, but this is not according to the plan. I’m not regretting signing for the club for sure.”

Salah is set to join up with the Egypt squad in Morocco on December 15 for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Salah omission makes sense

Analysis by Gregg Evans

With so much noise generated from his post-match interview, leaving Salah behind feels like the right decision.

Liverpool have an important game to focus on and need to reduce the distractions as they attempt to get their Champions League campaign back up and running after the miserable defeat to PSV Eindhoven last month.

The situation around Salah will continue to dominate the agenda at tonight’s press conference, and while the final decision hasn’t been made, keeping him away from the squad will help shift the focus for the under-pressure head coach, Arne Slot.

Salah’s mood or presence around the squad may have created an unnecessary distraction on the back of such an explosive interview. There would also have been the risk of him speaking out again, and therefore adding further fuel to the fire at a time where Liverpool need to focus on getting back to winning ways.

Of course, this may have been a game where Salah was reintroduced to the starting line-up had he not spoken out with such force, and losing a player of his stature is far from ideal as it automatically reduces the quality of the squad.

For so many years his goals have helped shape games but his comments at the weekend left Liverpool in a situation where they had to take control. Taking him out of the picture for this game would be a sensible move and buys the club a little time ahead of Saturday’s clash with Brighton at Anfield.