Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp responded to reports about the departure of the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, and the German coach said that he did not expect all the fuss because the Egyptian star was not awarded the captaincy, and confirmed that he would not stand in the way of his departure.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper "AS" last week, Salah expressed his admiration for the two giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and the star Mohamed Abu Trika talked about his friend Salah's lack of happiness in Liverpool, which fueled speculation in British media that the Egyptian star wanted to To leave.

"I think the only reason to leave Liverpool at the moment is the weather, could there be another reason? This is one of the biggest clubs in the world, and we are paying good salaries, and we have a great stadium and an outstanding crowd," Klopp said at a press conference.

"People cannot be forced to stay," Klopp added. "If a player wants to leave, perhaps we cannot prevent him from that, but I do not understand why someone might want to leave."

Klopp considered that Salah’s talk about Real Madrid and Barcelona was normal, and said, “If I asked any player in the world who does not play for Barcelona or Real Madrid if he could imagine playing there someday, would he say no, Spanish football is not suitable for me, why would he say that? ".

The German coach touched on not granting Salah the captaincy in the Maitland match in the Champions League, and considered that the player who should have been angry was the Belgian Divock Origi, and said, "I was a captain for a long time in my career, and what a job, as there are not many benefits to reap." Of them, just a lot of work, I did not feel the importance of being the captain of the team, but being captain of only one game, I did not realize how important that is to the players, because everything now represents a big story. "

He added, "I did not realize that it was a big story when I awarded Trent Alexander Arnold the captaincy. We have a rule in Liverpool that there are 4 players who are leaders Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Virgil Van Dyck, and Georgino Vinaldom, if they are not all able to play usually the player is chosen. The oldest in the club, and Trent was the captain in that match as far as I understood, someone told me afterwards that Divock Origi should have been the captain, Salah said he was disappointed, and I didn't do it on purpose, I did what I did, the only mistake I made was that Divock Origi was not the leader. "

Klopp pointed out that Salah is a very important player for him, and said, "This story does not affect anything, he is in good shape in training and laughs a lot, so everything is fine."

Salah, 28, has scored 16 goals in 21 matches in all competitions with Liverpool this season.