Mo Salah departure speeds up Arne Slot's bitter Liverpool exit

Mo Salah could soon leave Liverpool. Doing so would only hasten the decision to part with Arne Slot.

There are now more and more reports that Mo Salah could leave Liverpool at the end of the season. The Egyptian would have just one more year left on his deal, making it the final time the Reds could get money for him.

It would also depend on Salah's willingness to leave the club. The Saudi Pro League are desperate to fuel that willingness with monster offers to head over there.

The forward's difficult season will also help in that regard. Salah just hasn't found his feet after his record-breaking campaign last term, with time running out to get things together.

If he doesn't feel the records are still there to be broken, we imagine taking the money will be his preferred option. One last chance to do so, after all.

But it's a move that would have repercussions for the entire club. Including for the future of Arne Slot.

The Mo Salah effect

Salah leaving Liverpool would bring upheaval. They'd not only need to replace him, but the squad would lose one of the most influential players around - that's not easy to replace.

Let alone the fact that this attack was built around the idea of Salah delivering. Sell him and suddenly things need to be re-worked, almost certainly bringing a change of system and new signings.

Some further overhaul, then. That's something that suddenly makes moving on from Slot far, far easier. After all, if you're going to make big changes to the way the team works anyway...

It's suddenly easier to shift to, say, Xabi Alonso's preferred way of playing in attack if a shift in attack is coming. Especially as any shift that happens likely means building around Florian Wirtz and there is literally no better head coach to do that than the Reds' former no.14.

As the season draws to a close, it looks less and less like Liverpool want stability and that makes Slot's job more precarious. Major sales are planned, significant contracts are up, and the team's star player looks set to move on.

All change, then.

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