Wayne Rooney thinks there’s another ‘negative’ that’s going to come from Mo Salah’s comments at Liverpool
Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Rousing the Kop or go back to LFC Live.
Mohamed Salah has dropped a bombshell interview right before he is due to leave Liverpool for the AFCON.After Salah called out Arne Slot and the club post-Leeds United, fans and pundits have been left divided.Some are backing the winger’s actions post-Leeds after he started on the bench for three games in a row, while others, like Jamie Carragher, have criticised Liverpool’s star forward.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Talk about Salah leaving Liverpool is now rife as a result, but losing him in January is not the only potential negative to come from Saturday’s outburst.
What is your favourite memory of Mohamed Salah’s time at Liverpool? Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say His actions come at a time when the Reds are in dire form, winning just two of their last 10 league matches.Wayne Rooney names problem with Mohamed Salah’s actions after Leeds UnitedNow, speaking on his own podcast this week, Wayne Rooney has bemoaned the actions of Salah for the impact it could have on his Liverpool teammates.He said: “I think the impact that this will have on the other players as well, because Mo Salah, obviously, if you go in town for Liverpool and you walk in the dressing room, and Mo Salah’s obviously in the gym, Van Dijk, they’re the players you look at and you think, right, I’m going to be playing alongside these.
“And if Mo’s coming out and speaking that way, I can imagine he’s going to be very quiet around the training ground. “And that’ll bring in itself a negative energy, I think, to the new players who may not be as bedded in the team yet.”Who is going to step up after Mohamed SalahSalah now has transfer interest going into January, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him force a move away if Slot remains manager.If he does go, Virgil van Dijk is the only real senior leader left in the squad, alongside maybe Alisson.Liverpool will need someone to step up and take charge of this squad now, but their options are slim.Curtis Jones has impressed on and off the pitch during a difficult few months, though he is not a regular starter and perhaps does not carry the authority of someone like Salah or Van Dijk.It’s a difficult situation for the Reds to be left in, and the onus will now be on the squad to regroup and try to block out all the noise as they aim to turn their season around.Jones could be the man to emerge from the ashes as a new leader and lift the young players, but only time will tell if he’s able to have the same impact off the field as someone like Salah.