Liverpool ready to axe Mohamed Salah – ‘he knows’, says Whelan
Liverpool will drop Mohamed Salah following his dreadful start to the season.
That is according to ex-Leeds United striker Noel Whelan, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about last season’s Premier League top scorer.
Salah has started all nine of Liverpool’s Premier League and Champions League matches this season, as well as the Community Shield win over Man City, and also completed nine of them.
They have yielded four goals and four assists, although he has not scored in the Reds’ last five Premier League matches.
“I expect Salah will be dropped soon, and I don’t mean rotated, either,” Whelan told Football Insider. “He’s been poor by his high standards this season and he knows that himself deep down.
“Jurgen Klopp has stuck with him up until now, but I think that could be about to change this week.
“Roberto Firmino is scoring goals and playing well, Luis Diaz is pretty much the first name on the team sheet and Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez will be pushing hard to start, as well as Fabio Carvalho.
“Salah will probably benefit from a spell on the bench, to reignite the fire and motivation of last season. Sometimes you need a horrible bit of medicine. He hasn’t been the same brilliant player since the African Cup of Nations”.
This comes after Liverpool ended many months of speculation by tying Salah to a new contract over the summer break.
The Egypt international penned a three-year deal running until the summer of 2025.
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