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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2020 12 Salah is happy at Liverpool, says Klopp PSG axe Tuchel, Pochettino lined up as new coach Tuchel paid the price for PSG’s stuttering start to their latest Ligue title defence

PSG lost four matches• in this and entered the Jurgen Klopp (L) celebrates with Mohamed Salahl after a match winter break in third KNOW WHAT AFP | London position in the table

iverpool manager Juer- AFP | Paris Lgen Klopp has said that We never speak spent two years of Mohamed Salah is in a “good (about contracts). Mo aris Saint-Germain have his playing career at moment” and is happy at Liv- is in a good mood and fired coach Thomas PSG, where he won the erpool, dismissing media spec- moment, and that is PTuchel with former Tot- UEFA Intertoto Cup in ulation the Egyptian wants to most important tenham boss and ex-PSG defend- leave the club. er Mauricio Pochettino lined 2001 Salah told Madrid-based JUERGEN KLOPP up as his replacement, accord- newspaper AS in an interview ing to various media reports which appeared in the German PSG coach Thomas Tuchel react on the sideline during a match last weekend that he admired write but internally, nothing yesterday. media on Wednesday. Real Madrid and Barcelona, really (to say).” The French champions de- first ever Champions League League, despite being plagued In it he expressed resent - fuelling talk in the British Salah was left on the bench clined to make any comment final last season. by injuries, suspensions and ment at what he perceived as press that the forward was for last weekend’s 7-0 thrash- when contacted by AFP to But now, if the reports are coronavirus infections. the lack of acknowledgement looking to move on. ing of Crystal Palace, but still confirm the shock Christmas confirmed, less than three And in contrast to his prede- the club had shown towards his “We never speak (about con- scored two goals when he Eve axing carried by L’Equipe months on from the final de - cessor, Tuchel appeared adept achievements since arriving in tracts),” Klopp told reporters came on to help the Premier newspaper, news outlet RMC feat to Bayern Munich in Lis- at man-managing his band of su- the French capital. ahead of the visit of struggling League leaders maintain their and German tabloid Bild. bon, Tuchel has become the first perstar players, giving “We missed winning the West Bromwich Albion on fine form. “No idea” a club spokesman PSG coach to leave mid-season back the smile that was missing Champions League by one Sunday. “Mo is in a good mood Champions Liverpool are replied when asked when the since Antoine Kombouare was during the era. match. And we never had the and moment, and that is most unbeaten in 10 league games news would be confirmed. replaced by in The Qatari-backed club how- feeling that we had convinced important. while conceding just eight The 47-year-old German ar- December 2011. ever are thought to be unhappy people and that they recognised “You would have seen him goals since losing 7-2 at As - rived at the Parc des Princes Tuchel departs having guided with recent comments in the our performance. Sometimes laughing a lot (today, in train- ton Villa in October -- winning on a two-year contract in 2018, PSG to a last 16 date with Barce- press by Tuchel, the most re- that makes you a little sad or ing). The rest is nice for you to three of the last four. and guided the Parisians to their lona in this season’s Champions cent an unauthorised interview angry,” he told Sport1.