Liverpool F.C. transfer news: Dejan Lovren, Mohamed Salah's best friend, has revealed the sliding doors moment that could have convinced the Egyptian legend to continue with the club next season. Lovren, who left Liverpool in 2020, has confirmed that Salah would have stayed at Anfield if Arne Slot was sacked earlier. The 33-year-old's last season with the club was tinged with several disappointments, punctuated by Salah speaking about the club's demise under Slot. However, theories have since floated around that, had the Reds decided to sack Slot earlier, then Salah could, and would, have stuck around for longer. Lovren added fuel to the fire by saying that, when asked if the Egyptian would have stayed had he known Slot was facing the sack, 'Yeah, 100 per cent was going to stay.' Lovren also confirmed what many suspected anyway: that Slot and Salah did not have a good relationship. 'I don't think it's management, I think it's just one person, and I think it's just the coach,' Lovren said. 'They didn't have a good relationship, let's just say it as it is, with Klopp, he had a really beautiful relationship.' Lovren also stated that the team's performance in the last season was not due to Slot's management, but rather the team's existing dynamics. Despite the speculation, there seems no way back for Salah at Anfield and a parting of ways now seems inevitable this summer. While the Reds have been planning for his replacement for some time, and with TEAMtalk reporting way back in December that they were in contact over a summer 2026 move for Yan Diomande, that transfer has now gathered serious pace.