Liverpool legend names two players who can benefit from Mohamed Salah absence

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Liverpool has been told that Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz could benefit from Mohamed Salah's absence from the team over the next few weeks. Despite playing well off the bench against Brighton, Salah has endured a tough season so far, which has led to him not starting in any of Liverpool's last five games.

His controversial chat with reporters in the Elland Road mixed zone earlier this month caused unnecessary problems for Arne Slot, and former Liverpool striker John Aldridge thinks that Liverpool's two most-expensive signings could benefit from Salah being out of the picture altogether until January. Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak could benefit from Salah's absence, according to John Aldridge “I’m also confident Isak will be a good long-term addition for Liverpool when he finds his feet and it may be that the removal of a huge presence like Salah from that forward line will free up Wirtz and Isak to feel like this is their time to take over the mantle.

“Salah will be remembered as a Liverpool great, there’s no doubt about that, but no player is bigger than the club and if your form is as bad as Mo’s has been this season, decisions have to be made. "Being dropped is tough to take for a player of Salah’s stature and if he can’t cope with being on the bench and helping the team in a different way, maybe the time has come for him to call time on his career at Liverpool.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.