Liverpool head to Tottenham Hotspur tonight for a big Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg clash
You can't take your eyes off Mohamed Salah when he's on the field. And the same could be said of his social media accounts when he's off it.
Salah is arguably in the form of his Liverpool career. And that's saying something from a man who is now the club's fourth all-time leading scorer with 232 goals in 376 games and who has won every major trophy there is to win during his time on Merseyside.
But it's fair to suggest that the Egyptian, who leads both the 2024-25 Premier League goalscoring and assists chart with 18 and 13 respectively, is now, at the age of 32, the complete player.
That's why Reds fans are desperate for their hero to stay. Salah, of course, is out of contract at the end of the season and as it stands is set to walk away on a free transfer.
The man himself has been vocal about his desire to remain a Liverpool player. But while his interviews haven't been quiet as explosive since the one he conducted after the 3-2 win at Southampton in November, which his second-half double inspired, there have been occasional posts on social media that have raised eyebrows and got supporters searching for hidden meanings.
There was the image he posted after Sunday's 2-2 home draw with Manchester United, in which he gave the Reds the lead from the penalty spot, and then there was the response he gave to Jamie Carragher.
But while Salah's latest post is wordless, there appears nothing cryptic about it. Instead it shows the superstar travelling with team-mates Kostas Tsimikas and Ibrahima Konate on route to London for tonight's Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie at Tottenham Hotspur.
However, the post does show that Konate will not be getting the night off. The France international centre-back returned against Man United at the weekend.
But given it was his first appearance in nearly seven weeks, Arne Slot suggested afterwards Konate was unlikely to feature against Tottenham.
The Liverpool head coach said: "If you’ve been out for such a long time, it is difficult to immediately play two games a week. So it will not come as a surprise if he does not play on Wednesday.
"He played today for 90 minutes and I think he showed in that 90 minutes he was ready to play."
But it would appear that Konate, at worst, will be on the bench tonight. That's understandable given Slot is down to three fit and available centre-backs now that Joe Gomez is sidelined.
The only other doubt for this evening's match is midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, who missed the encounter with United.
Slot said of the Hungary international on Tuesday: "Yesterday he wasn’t in yet but if he is in today, I would doubt he is available to start the game. But hopefully he is in today, but yesterday he wasn’t."