In a twist of inopportune timing, Mohamed Salah has been named on the shortlist for BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year while he finds himself in the eye of a controversy storm sparked by his own comments.
Liverpool’s talismanic forward was left out of Arne Slot’s Champions League squad for Tuesday’s clash with Inter in Milan after unleashing a seven-and-a-half-minute tirade against the Dutch boss and the club as a whole.
