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Walk On: The Athletic FC's Liverpool show

No Salah, no problem? Liverpool’s next chapter

3/30/202640 min

Simon Hughes and James Pearce join Tony Evans to break down the reasons behind Salah’s departure. The panel discuss the role Slot played in Salah’s exit, the tensions that emerged during the season, and whether this feels like a natural conclusion or a slightly sour ending to a remarkable chapter.

There’s also talk around Liverpool’s future and whether abandoning the plan of Arne Slot at the helm would actually set the club further back. There are heated discussions around PSG’s successful attempt to postpone their league match, giving them an edge in the Cha...

Clips

PSG chief slammed over Hillsborough
When Salah knew he was gone
Why Slot benched Salah
Klopp on managing Mo
Liverpool’s new attack blueprint
Should Klopp return to Liverpool?
Standing by the Salah critique
Club mishandled Salah fallout

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    [gentle music] The Athletic FC.

  2. Tony Evans· Host0:03

    [singing] [upbeat music] All right, reds, Tony Evans here with Walk On, your Liverpool podcast from The Athletic. I'm here with James Pearce and Simon Hughes. Well, from love story to long goodbye, today we'll talk about Mohamed Salah's exit, what went wrong with Arne Slot, and what comes next for the player and club. But as always, we'll kick off with three words. Si, how are you?

  3. Simon Hughes· Panelist0:41

    I, I'm good, thanks, Tony. Yeah, not too bad at all. Do you want my three words?

  4. Tony Evans· Host0:45

    Yeah. Yeah, yeah, go on. Why not?

  5. Simon Hughes· Panelist0:47

    All right, so this is more of a, a question rather than a statement. Okay?

  6. Tony Evans· Host0:51

    Mm.

  7. Simon Hughes· Panelist0:52

    So it's rank him sixth.

  8. Tony Evans· Host0:54

    Well, we'll talk about that later- [laughs] ... where Salah stands in the pantheon of Liverpool greats. But before that, we'll get three words from James. James, you're looking fine fettle today.

  9. James Pearce· Panelist1:06

    Uh, thank you, Tony. I don't feel 100%. Little bit, got a little bit of the lurgy, but, you know, I don't like to moan. I'm fighting on. Um- Tell us why, James.

  10. Simon Hughes· Panelist1:16

    Tell us why.

  11. James Pearce· Panelist1:17

    What do you mean why? There's no... How, how- Well, you, you, you were on a stag do over the weekend. Oh, I don't think that's related.

  12. Simon Hughes· Panelist1:22

    There's a nice little segue- I don't think- ... to- I don't think- ... the football chat here ...

  13. James Pearce· Panelist1:26

    Oh, okay. Well, yeah, it was... I was, I was in York for the weekend.

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