Steven Gerrard insists Liverpool still need Mohamed Salah despite outburst
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard believes the club still needs Mohamed Salah, urging the star forward to “reverse away” from his outburst where he accused the Premier League champions of “throwing him under the bus”.
The Egypt international was omitted from the squad for Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win at Inter Milan after criticizing manager Arne Slot and the club hierarchy for benching him for last weekend’s 3-3 draw at Leeds.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher labelled Salah a “disgrace” for his comments, but Gerrard urged the player and management to reunite for the good of everyone at Anfield.
”He’s obviously really upset he’s not playing, which I respect,” Gerrard said. “A couple of lines about throwing people under the bus, wrong. Need to reverse a little bit away from that, to deal with that with the manager.”
Gerrard added that bust-ups between players and management were nothing new. “I’ve seen this and I’ve lived it… I’ve been there and done it myself,” he explained, hoping Salah would realize he was “a bit emotional and a bit hasty”.
Salah’s remarks sparked reports he could leave Anfield in January, with interest from Saudi Arabia. A source at the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund told AFP it will do “whatever it can” to buy him.
