Graeme Souness slams Mohamed Salah for ‘causing real problems’ behind the scenes at Liverpool last year
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The circumstances which paved the way for Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool exit this summer will forever remain a source of debate for Reds supporters.Plenty of people staunchly back the Egyptian, and believe he was right to come out and publicly pick a fight with Arne Slot and the club itself after being left out of the team last winter. Others believe that Salah was absolutely in the wrong and was firmly the architect of his own downfall at Anfield.Liverpool legend Graeme Souness already placed himself in the latter camp in the days and weeks following Salah’s controversial outburst at Leeds in December, and the former Reds captain has once again reiterated his stance, claiming that the issues at Liverpool last season were largely down to Salah himself.
Is Mohamed Salah Liverpool’s greatest EVER player? Nine years of sheer brilliance are coming to an end… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Stuart Franklin – UEFA/Michael Regan Salah was to blame for Liverpool’s problems – SounessThere were plenty of reasons for Liverpool falling off a cliff as they tried to defend the Premier League title they won under Arne Slot, but according to Souness, none were as crucial as Salah’s form, and his subsequent outburst.“The single biggest reason they didn’t do well last year was Mo Salah,” the Scotsman said during an interview with the Daily Star.
“I saw him in the Community Shield against Palace and he just didn’t take part in the game, and I thought maybe he’s just carrying something, maybe he’s just not had a full pre-season but that’s how he ended up playing last season, just not at it.“And then he caused upheaval within the camp when he was left out and the remarks he came out with after the Leeds game when he walked through the press zone about he feels he’s been thrown under the bus.”READ MORE: Jamie Carragher explains why he’s beginning to change his mind about Andoni Iraola at Liverpool“The killer for me was ‘I don’t have to turn up every day in training to fight for my place.’ Yes you do. That’s what you have to do at a big football club.”Souness also claimed that another reason for Liverpool’s poor form was the failure of big signings such as Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to adapt to the club, but he says that after a year of acclimatising, the pair – and the Reds’ other signings from the summer of 2025 – should be better.