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As the referee's full-time whistle echoed around Old Trafford on Thursday evening to secure Manchester United's victory over Chelsea and confirm their place in next season's Champions League, Mohamed Salah didn't mince his words as he took to social media to express his disappointment at Liverpool's exclusion from the Premier League's top-four for the first time since May 2016. "There’s absolutely no excuse for this," tweeted the Egyptian, who has contested three finals for the Reds in Europe's premier competition since his transfer from AS Roma six years ago. In one of those finals, of course, fired the opening goal as Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur at the Wanda Metropolitano in June 2019 to claim their sixth European Cup. Judging by s comments at Friday's final pre-match press conference of the season, there appears to be no misunderstanding of Liverpool's grave failure at the AXA Training Centre with the Reds boss admitting he holds the same viewpoint as Salah.

It means that for the first time since the 2015-16 season, will contest the Europa League next term.



But despite such shortcomings in both the Premier League and Champions League, Liverpool are working swiftly behind the scenes to ensure next season's quest in UEFA's secondary competition is nothing more than a blemish on the German's gleaming European record with the Reds.



Despite winning the Premier League, Champions League, Club World Cup, Super Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and Community Shield since June 2019, Liverpool have largely favoured carrying out their business in overseas markets with Ward previously utilising his connections from his time as the club's European scouting manager to strike deals for Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez in 2022.


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