A good afternoon for Liverpool quietened down the drama surrounding Mo Salah but the truth is that it’s a problem that has not gone away.
Much was made of the positive reception Salah received from the Liverpool fans against Brighton but that was always going to be the case. The Anfield fanbase want their best ever attacking player to stay.
But can he? Will he?
If Salah returns from the Africa Cup of Nations after Christmas and doesn’t get straight back into Arne Slot’s team then the chances are that we will be back where we started.