Andoni Iraola faces fiendish Liverpool task after unexplained Mohamed Salah exit

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Mohamed Salah said an emotional farewell to Anfield at the end of the season but there is still an element of mystery about his exitTo say things move quickly in football is a cliche but an undeniable truth. But just over a couple of months after Salah announced his exit, there is still a legitimate question to be asked about his departure.Why?

Better than a lot of players on Liverpool’s books.Before he was taken out of the final game of his Liverpool career - the 1-1 draw with Brentford - Salah was the best player on the pitch. By his standards, Salah had a disappointing season, but were his ratings in the bottom half when ranking Liverpool’s players?

Absolutely not.Another way of looking at it is to consider where Salah will play his football next season. Why not wait until the end of the season before rubber-stamping a parting of the ways?Look, it might just have been that Salah wanted to leave regardless of what was going to happen at the end of the season and Liverpool, out of respect for what he has done, were happy to grant him his wish and let him go for free.