Jarell Quansah declined to touch upon his relationship with Arne Slot, whereas the previous Liverpool defender was “nothing however optimistic” on working with Mohamed Salah.
Now taking part in for Bayer Leverkusen after a £35 million transfer in the summertime, Quansah was questioned on the state of affairs round Slot and Salah throughout a press convention forward of their 2-2 draw with Newcastle on Wednesday night time.
“I can solely converse on once I was there and what I noticed from Mo,” he advised reporters.
“An amazing function mannequin, nice character across the dressing room, clearly had an unbelievable season final season, helped us win the trophy.
“So from what I’ve seen, he’s nothing however optimistic. And the way he’s helped me by means of powerful instances, he’s undoubtedly performed that.
“So I can’t converse from exterior. For the time being I’m only a fan of Liverpool and like everybody else you don’t know precisely what’s happening behind the scenes.
“It’s undoubtedly not for me to invest – it’s in all probability your job [in the media] to try this.”
Quansah: ‘I don’t want to talk on my relationship with Slot’
Quansah made 25 appearances in his solely marketing campaign beneath Slot at Liverpool, however solely made three begins within the Premier League after being substituted at half-time on the primary day of the season.
Two of these had been when the title was already gained, whereas his solely begins within the Champions League additionally got here after progress to the knockout stage had been confirmed.
Following his response on Salah, Quansah was questioned on his relationship with Slot with particular reference to his substitution at Ipswich and the feedback over “shedding too many duels.”
“Hear, it’s not about what it was final 12 months and what was occurring,” he replied.
“I’m completely targeted on what I’m doing now to be trustworthy.
“I don’t want to discuss my relationships with different managers; I’ve labored with many different managers, I don’t want to enter that.
“It’s about what I’m doing right here at Leverkusen now and the duty at hand [against Newcastle] is extra necessary.”
Quansah made his fifteenth begin of the season in Wednesday’s draw with Newcastle, taking part in the total 90 minutes for a fifth time from 5 video games he has been obtainable for within the Champions League.
Whereas a key participant for Leverkusen, Liverpool maintain a buy-back clause for the 22-year-old which may see him return to Anfield for €60 million in 2027.
