Wayne Rooney urges Arne Slot to drop £37m star who is ‘not helping’ Liverpool

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Wayne Rooney says Arne Slot must make a ‘big decision’ regarding one Liverpool star (Photo: Getty) Wayne Rooney has urged to Arne Slot to drop Mohamed Salah, claiming the Liverpool star is not pulling his weight amid the team’s atrocious form. Your ultimate guide to the football season Metro's football newsletter: In The Mixer.

Exclusive analysis, FPL tips and transfer talk sent straight to your inbox every Friday – sign up, it's an open goal. ‘Salah is not helping them defensively and if you’re one of the players who they’ve signed and you’re sat on the bench and you’ve seen him not running…,’ the Manchester United legend said on The Wayne Rooney Show. ‘I get that he’s a club legend and everything he’s done for the club, but if you’re on the bench then what message does it send to you, that your teammate is not running back? Mo Salah is a Liverpool legend’ but looks out of sorts this season (Photo: Getty) ‘He’s starting every game.

If I was Arne Slot I’d try and make a big decision that has an impact on the rest of the team.’ Asked if Slot should drop Salah, Rooney replied: ‘I think so, yeah. ‘When you’re not winning games, you want to try and stay compact and hard to beat. Exclusive analysis, FPL tips and transfer talk – sign up, it’s an open goal. ‘And then, when you start winning games, you can bring him back in and hope he is running back more.