{"id":34488,"date":"2026-05-14T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34488"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:01:23","slug":"liverpools-salah-fit-for-cameo-against-aston-villa-slot","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/liverpools-salah-fit-for-cameo-against-aston-villa-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Salah fit for cameo against Aston Villa: Slot\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Forward Mohamed Salah could make his return from injury in Liverpool&#8217;s Premier League game at Aston Villa this week, manager Arne Slot said on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div>Salah has \u200bnot played since he was forced off during a 3-1 win over \u200cCrystal Palace last month with a hamstring concern, sparking fears his campaign and potentially his Anfield career could be over, with the Egyptian set to leave at the end of the season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, \u200bLiverpool later confirmed the injury was not as serious as initially feared.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Mo (Salah) \u200bwill be available tomorrow but only for a few minutes. Hopefully \u2060he can come in,&#8221; Slot told reporters ahead of Friday&#8217;s trip to Villa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Alisson trained \u200bwith us again, let&#8217;s see tomorrow whether he is ready or has to wait \u200bone more week. Florian (Wirtz) had a stomach infection and is on antibiotics. Let&#8217;s see if he is ready to play tomorrow.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Liverpool, fourth in the league standings and level on 59 points with Villa, \u200bcan secure a spot in next season&#8217;s Champions League if they win at \u200bVilla Park, but there is little else for fans of the Merseyside club to look forward to \u200cin \u2060the final weeks of the campaign.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Slot&#8217;s side have been unable to build on last season&#8217;s Premier League success and will go without silverware, leading to questions over the Dutch manager&#8217;s future at the club.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Asked if he would still be at Anfield next \u200bseason, Slot said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t \u200bthink I am \u2060deciding that myself alone. I have every reason to believe that I am the Liverpool manager next season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;First of all, I \u200bam contracted to this club, and second of all from all \u200bthe talks \u2060we are having.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have the best season, especially if you compare it with last season, this has definitely not been a great season. Then it is normal \u2060that \u200bcriticism comes, and we&#8217;ve all had our share. That \u200bis how things work nowadays, if you don&#8217;t win the league.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Liverpool host Brentford in their final league \u200bgame of the season on May 24.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-34488","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Liverpool host Brentford in their final league \u200bgame of the season on May 24.","published_date":"","news_description":"Liverpool host Brentford in their final league \u200bgame of the season on May 24.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34490,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34488\/revisions\/34490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}