‘Deserves so much better’ – Dejan Lovren hits out over pundits’ “disgusting” treatment of Salah

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Dejan Lovren has spoken out against what he termed the ‘disgusting’ treatment of Mo Salah from some pundits during the winger’s final season with Liverpool.The Egyptian caused a stir with two public outbursts over the past six months, firstly saying that he had ‘no relationship’ with then-Reds head coach Arne Slot and later calling for the Merseysiders to go back to the ‘heavy metal’ style of football which was synonymous with his predecessor Jurgen Klopp.DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYJamie Carragher was among the more prominent critics of the 33-year-old after both of those proclamations, and the ex-LFC and Croatia defender has come out fighting in defence of his former teammate, with whom he’s maintained a close friendship.Lovren slams ‘disgusting’ treatment of SalahWhen it was put to Lovren in an interview with Egyptian outlet WinWin whether media criticism of Salah after those outbursts was ‘harsh’, he replied: “It’s not harsh.

Why didn’t they talk about him like this for the past eight or nine years?“Okay, one season, and then he’s the target again… Some pundits do it just to attract attention, maybe because they haven’t succeeded in other areas of their lives, so now they need to perform well.”(Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)Lovren added: “Especially Carragher, he says whatever he wants. I always said he should tell him this to his face, say all these things to Mo to his face.

He’ll never say that, because I know he never will, because he never said it to me. He’s talked badly about me too, but he never said that to me anyway.“You know, he’s just performing on TV and he gets paid for it, so he needs to perform this way, but whatever.