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Mohamed Salah has said that his future with Liverpool is “in the hands of the club” and that he is “very disappointed” to be overlooked by the captaincy in his Champions League match with FC Midtjylland this month.
Salah, 28, was expected to wear the armband for the final Group D match on December 9 with Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum on the bench and James Milner and Virgil van Dijk injured.
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Coach Jurgen Klopp selected 22-year-old Trent Alexander-Arnold as captain, and Salah responded by scoring a goal in the first minute in a 1-1 draw.
“I was honestly very disappointed,” Salah, who scored a goal in the first minute in a 1-1 draw with Midtjylland, told AS Daily. “I was hoping to be the captain. But it’s the coach’s decision. I accept it.”
Salah has been regularly linked with La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona for three and a half highly successful years at Anfield since arriving from Roma in 2017.
His goals helped lead Liverpool to the Champions League trophy in 2019 and the Premier League, ending a 30-year wait for the club, in 2020.
“I think Madrid and Barcelona are top clubs.” he said. “We never know what’s going to happen in the future. Right now I’m focused on winning the Premier League and the Champions League again with [Liverpool]. “
Salah’s contract at Anfield runs through June 2023.
“That’s a tough question,” he said, when asked how long he would stay. “Right now I can say that everything is in the hands of the club. Of course I want to break records here, all the records of the club, but everything is in the hands of the club.”
Salah and the Reds were back in action Sunday, with the Egyptian scoring two goals in a 7-0 win at Crystal Palace.
When asked about Salah’s comments after the Palace win, Klopp just laughed and said, “Nothing to say about it from my side.”
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