Former Liverpool star sends brutal reality check to Mohammed Salah: 'You are not Messi'

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Shaped of course by Shankly then Paisley, Kenny, Jurgen and now Slot."One thing remains constant, perhaps more than any other English club, it's always the club first and last, players and managers add their DNA to the club, but the club trumps the individual."Now, Mo Salah has left plenty of winners DNA at Anfield and has taken his place in the pantheon of greats."So it's interesting to see his interview, dropping a grenade into the club because if I know Liverpool and its supporters at all (I think there may be even a generational difference in responses, younger backing the grenade, older shaking their heads) then their first reaction will be.."Club, first and last, don't care who it is. Mo isn't them, and Liverpool as I said, isn't that club either."I'm sure some of the youngsters will rant 'he's right and Slot's to blame,' but without any evidence that Slot has deliberately (managers NEED their star players to perform, not to be asked about them in every presser for the next 5 months....) ostracised anyone at the club other than do what every good manager has done since the invention of the game, namely leave someone out who's not playing well misses the point as every great club, team and manager have dropped great players at some stage.

If they're poor, manager can't lose, 'I told you so'. So Slot playing Mo is a very good starting point, especially as 2 very big signings have yet to make Mo 'yesterday's man.'"."Arne Slot can help himself a little by using his natural openness to say 'maybe I'm not Jurgen but I love my players and they couldn't have won a spectacular title last season without reacting to me and my methods a little too, but I hear Mo's comments and I can tell you all now, I love him to bits and he's ours to keep'.

That heads off any 'seniors' with similar grenades to throw."But one thing's for sure, I don't think there will ever be a Liverpool player past, present or future with valid gripes that would jeopardise the 'club first and last' ethos of Liverpool, and those who've had legitimate concerns I'm sure aired them at an appropriate time, not a flash interview when emotions are high." Liverpool FC have done as well for every player who's played for them as players have done for the club, so the institution has earned that private, rather than public critique. "Embarrassing from Mo Salah and disrespectful to his teammates and his manager," he wrote on his X account."Salah is no different from any other player ... if a player's form drops as Salah's has he is the same as anyone else and has to accept being benched... but he thinks he's too good to be benched sadly.."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.