Arne Slot told to drop Mohamed Salah and prioritize 'future of Liverpool'

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Arne Slot has been urged to drop Mohamed Salah in favor of building a forward line for the future, amid the Egyptian's poor start to the season. And former Liverpool player John Aldridge believes it's time for Slot to start thinking about building Liverpool's attack around those two players, as well as Premier League record signing Alexander Isak.

"I said in last week's column that now is the time to start looking at him as close to 100 percent as possible and he needs the time to show how good we know he is. He's a great striker but it's time to start showing it in Liverpool red now.

"Wirtz made an impact against Manchester United and the manager has to find a place in the team for him now. "So Ekitike has to start against his former club.