Arne Slot: Mo Salah is more in than out of my side

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot is confident Mohamed Salah is fully focused on the biggest week of their season despite the self-made headlines about his contract situation.

After Sunday's win at Southampton, the Egypt international made a rare stop for reporters and said "We are almost in December and I haven't received any offers yet to stay in the club. I'm probably more out than in".

Those comments took the focus away from the Champions League visit of Real Madrid, followed quickly by Manchester City coming to Anfield at the weekend, and Salah was criticised by former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher for his "selfish" timing.

However, Slot insists there has been no hint of distraction from either his leading scorer, who is out of contract in the summer, or his team-mates.

"The only thing I can say is that if I look at my line-ups Mo is more in than out," he said.

"I focus a bit more on what else he (Carragher) said - he said he was one of the five best players Liverpool ever had and I completely agree with him, which is not an easy thing as there have been many great players at this club.

"I don't think it distracts Mo at all, maybe it even brings the best out of him if you look at his performances until now.

"Like I've said a few times already, my focus is the next game and another big game is coming up and it just keeps on going.

"I talk to Mo about what I expect from him, like I do with all the other players, and he is in a good place at the moment. I'm not distracted by his comments and I don't feel his team-mates are.

"I haven't seen that after the United game when he had some comments, I haven't seen it after a (social media) post you told me about (after Brighton) he carried on scoring.

"Today he is fully focused on