Take a step back, and it's pretty remarkable that the current situation at Liverpool is being framed in the simplest terms: Mohamed Salah vs. Arne Slot. And I don't just mean that in terms of who's right and reasonable, but even in terms of who should take the first step, with Slot saying Tuesday night that "I haven't said I'm not going to talk to him. And the next question is should the initiative come from me or from him..."

It feels downright puerile, something straight out of the schoolyard, with fans and media playing the role of parents. Slot as the mean teacher who blames little Mo for his student's poor test scores and kicks him out of class, leaving his student no choice but to air his grievances to his parents. Or, alternatively, Salah as the spoiled brat, unwilling to be

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