Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has claimed Mohamed Salah is destroying his legacy at Liverpool following his recent outburst.
Salah said on Saturday he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and that his relationship with head coach Arne Slot had broken down.
“I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager, and all of a sudden we don’t have any relationship, Salah said.
“I don’t know why but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn’t want me in the club.
“It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.
With the football world still sharing their thoughts on the situation, Rooney believes Slot must now show his authority and not involve Salah in Tuesday’s Champions League game at Inter Milan or next Saturday’s home match with Brighton.
Arne Slot’s current relationship with Mohamed Salah has broken (Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
“Arne Slot has to show his authority and pull him in and say ‘you are not travelling with the team, what you said is not acceptable’,” said Rooney in his latest podcast episode.
“Take yourself off to Afcon and let everything calm down. If I was him there would be no way he would be in the team.”
Rooney said Salah needed to either iron out his differences with Slot, or leave Liverpool.
“It needs to be sorted out quickly either way,” he added.
Salah, 33, has scored 250 goals in 420 Liverpool appearances but has failed to start the past three matches and was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Leeds United.
The Egyptian forward whose 29 Premier League goals helped propel Liverpool to the Premier League last season, signed a new two-year contract in April.
Rooney questioned why Salah, who signed for Liverpool from Roma in 2017, would come out publicly with his comments.
“He is absolutely destroying his legacy at Liverpool,” added the five-time Premier League winner.
“It would be sad for him to throw it all away. He’s gone about it all wrong.”
Salah has scored four times in 13 top-flight appearances this season and it’s still unclear if he’ll still feature in Slots’ plan after his outburst.
