A stand-off ensued but eased sufficiently on Friday when Slot and Salah spoke at the club\u2019s AXA training headquarters and there was enough ground given for the player to be included for the visit of Brighton.<\/p>\n
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Salah was left behind while the squad travelled to Milan for their midweek European clash<\/p>\n
It is understood that issues still persist and they will continue to be tackled by the Liverpool hierarchy and Salah\u2019s representative, Ramy Abbas, while the player is at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the restoration of Salah to the matchday squad has been described as in the best interests of the team, and it comes with Slot without a number of players through injury.<\/p>\n
Salah had previously identified Saturday\u2019s game as an opportunity to say goodbye to Anfield. He had invited his mother to attend in case it proved to be his last game after 8\u00bd years in which he has established himself as one of the club\u2019s greatest players and moved to third on Liverpool\u2019s list of all-time goalscorers.<\/p>\n
He is scheduled to join up with Egypt afterwards with the final of the tournament on January 18.<\/p>\n
Slot said prior to his t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate with the 33-year-old that he did not want the attacker, who helped Liverpool win the Premier League title last season, to leave the club.<\/p>\n
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Salah said he had been \u201cthrown under the bus\u201d after being left out of the starting line-up in recent weeks<\/p>\n
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It has been a dramatic week for the champions with Salah omitted from Slot\u2019s plans for Tuesday\u2019s Champions League tie with Inter Milan after his outburst which followed last weekend\u2019s 3-3 draw with Leeds United.<\/p>\n
It was the third successive game in which Salah had been demoted to the role of substitute and his frustration at that situation prompted his incendiary interview after the match in which he claimed he had been thrown \u201cunder the bus\u201d and was being made the scapegoat for the team\u2019s poor run of form.<\/p>\n
While Liverpool were preparing for the game in the San Siro, which they won 1-0<\/a>, Salah posted a picture on social media of himself training alone. He then met the former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, now of Brentford, in London for a meal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n While Friday represented an important step forward, discussions have been taking place behind the scenes since Salah had been overlooked for the starting line-up for the 1-1 draw against Sunderland ten days ago.<\/p>\n