Mohamed Salah claims he has been ‘thrown under the bus’ by Liverpool

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Published On 7 Dec 2025

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah said helium had been “thrown nether the bus” arsenic helium tore into the nine implicit his attraction and signalled a imaginable exit, aft watching from the seat arsenic they were held to a 3-3 Premier League gully with Leeds United connected Saturday.

In his incendiary post-match comments, the 33-year-old Egyptian lashed retired astatine the nine and manager Arne Slot, telling journalists helium felt helium had been scapegoated for their mediocre commencement to the play and suggesting that helium whitethorn not person agelong near astatine Anfield.

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“I’m very, precise disappointed to beryllium fair. I person done truthful overmuch for this club, everybody tin spot that during the years and particularly past season,” Salah told reporters successful the post-match mixed zone, earlier taking purpose astatine the club’s leadership.

“I don’t know, it seems similar the nine is throwing maine nether the bus. That’s however I felt it, however I consciousness it.

“I deliberation it’s precise wide that idiosyncratic wants maine to get each the blame. The nine promised maine successful the summer, a batch of promises and thing truthful far.”

The Egyptian, who signed a two-year declaration hold successful April, has go an iconic fig successful an eight-year spell astatine Liverpool successful which helium won 2 Premier League titles and scored 250 goals successful each competitions for the club.

Yet aft an indifferent commencement to the season, helium has begun the past 3 matches connected the bench, playing lone 45 minutes.

Liverpool sojourn Inter Milan successful the Champions League connected Tuesday earlier hosting Brighton & Hove Albion connected Saturday, 2 games that whitethorn herald the extremity of Salah’s clip connected Merseyside.

“I called my mum and dada yesterday, I told them to travel to Brighton game, it doesn’t substance if I play oregon not. I’m going to bask it. We’ll spot what’s going to happen, but successful my head, I’m going to bask that game, if I play it oregon not, if I’m connected the seat oregon not,” Salah, who is going to the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt connected December 15, said.

“I don’t cognize what’s going to hap now, truthful I’m conscionable going to beryllium successful Anfield, accidental goodbye to the fans (before) going to Africa Cup (of Nations), due to the fact that I don’t cognize what’s going to hap erstwhile I’m there.”

‘We needed antithetic players’

Speaking aft the draw, Slot said helium had near Salah connected the seat due to the fact that helium felt the squad needed thing different.

“We were 2-0 up, we were 3-2 up. At that infinitesimal successful time, it was much astir controlling the game, and we didn’t request a extremity astatine that infinitesimal successful time,” helium said.

“Normally, erstwhile you request a goal, similar past week against Sunderland, I brought Mo on. We needed antithetic players similar Wataru (Endo) erstwhile we needed to bring the triumph implicit the line; helium (Endo) gave everything.

“We person to judge the concern we are in. The short-term aboriginal of Mo is that helium is going to the Africa Cup of Nations, but earlier that we play Inter Milan,” helium concluded.

Salah scored 34 goals and had 18 assists successful 52 games crossed each competitions arsenic Liverpool won the Premier League past season, but with his broadside floundering, helium has managed 5 goals and 3 assists successful 19 games successful the existent campaign.

The guardant indicated that his narration with Slot had breached down completely.

“I had a bully narration with the manager, and each of a abrupt we don’t person immoderate relationship. I don’t cognize why, it seems to me, however I spot it, idiosyncratic doesn’t privation maine successful the club,” helium said.

Since joining Liverpool from AS Roma successful 2017, Salah has go the club’s third-highest scorer down Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.

“I don’t deliberation I’m the problem. I person done truthful overmuch for this nine with the respect I privation to get,” helium said. “And I don’t person to spell each time warring for my presumption due to the fact that I’ve earned it.”