Andy Robertson has spoken out on the ongoing fallout following Mohamed Salah’s comments against Liverpool and Arne Slot
Mo Salah of Liverpool FC warms up during a training session at AXA Training Centre(Image: 2025 Getty Images)
Andy Robertson has revealed what Mohamed Salah said to the Liverpool squad after being left out of the travelling party for Tuesday night’s Champions League victory over Inter Milan. Salah sent shockwaves following last weekend’s 3-3 draw with Leeds United as he spoke out against Arne Slot and the club after being named on the bench for a third successive game.
Following his explosive comments, the Reds took the decision to leave the Egyptian out of their squad for their trip to the San Siro.
With the 33-year-old’s future at the club cast into doubt, it remains to be seen if a resolution will be reached in order for Salah to earn a recall for next weekend’s clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Speaking to CBS after the victory over Inter, Robertson revealed that he had spoken to the forward following his comments as he reiterated his desire for the situation to be resolved amicably.
“Yes, of course I have (spoken to him),” the Scotland captain said. “He was obviously in yesterday (Monday), he was in training.
“The decision was made for him not to travel. A lot has been said about it externally, obviously internally, of course it has.
“It’s a situation that now needs to be resolved between Mo and the club. You’ve seen how together the changing room is in terms of the result we had.
“Mo is a fantastic player. He signed the same window as me, I’ve played with him for eight and a half years. I consider him as pretty much my family, I’ve spent probably more time with him than I have my own family over the last eight and a half years!
“I’ve played with him for so long and I’d like to continue playing with him, that’s what I want from it. Obviously we’ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.
“Firstly, he would probably want the season to have gone better for the club, and for him. He puts a huge amount of pressure on himself to perform all the time.
“Last season he took it to a whole new level in terms of, at times, he carried this whole team forward to go and achieve amazing things.
“I think we’ve all been below the standards of last season, Mo included. And he’ll be first to admit that.
“And then obviously finds himself out of the team, which is probably a bit of a unique situation for him. It’s obviously something that he’s not used to experiencing.
“But he was positive yesterday (Monday) in terms of wishing us all well, sending us on our way.
“I’m sure he would like to be involved. But the support for the lads was still there. As a teammate, that’s all you can ask.”
Meanwhile, Robertson also praised Slot when asked how the Liverpool head coach had been handling the situation.
“It’s a unique situation for all of us,” he said. “I think the manager from the start has always just focused on football.
“He’s focused on the game ahead. We had a massive game tonight and I think him and his staff were that focused on that, to try and set us up and try and get us a result because we know how important that is.
“I think he set us up well, I thought we looked good on the counter-attack. We kept a clean sheet which was hugely positive… We were all focused on the result.
“The outside noise is always a lot louder but there are so many games coming up, we can’t think about anything else.
“We’re footballers at the end of the day and whatever else happens will get sorted off the pitch.”