All it took was seven well-timed, well-placed emojis to open the door to fevered speculation around Mohamed Salah last week.
In a social media response to words from Jurgen Klopp about Salah's Liverpool future, the Egyptian's representative, Ramy Abbas, set tongues wagging as the rumour mill went into overdrive.
"Mo definitely expects this club to be ambitious," Klopp said last week in response to a question at the pre-match press conference for the Brighton game. "We were in the last few years and we are.
"We cannot do much more, that's how it is. But I don't think it's about that. It's Mo's decision pretty much. The club did what the club can do. That's how it is.
"Nothing bad to say about it. It's fine from my point of view. It's exactly like it should be at this moment in time. Everything is set. Nothing happened further, no signing, no rejection or whatever.
"We just have to wait for that. It's completely fine. No rush in that situation."
