> “As someone who is connected to the club, got a lot of respect for the club and the players and the hierarchy there, what I tried to do on the show is try and get a bit of common sense and pour a bit of cold water on the situation.”
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> “We all know that he’s done this explosive interview. He said a couple of lines within the interview that are wrong, and I think he needs to apologize for that.”
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> “I hope that Virgil van Dijk, as his captain, as his leader, will help put that together. I’ve been in that situation myself.”
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> “The reality is, as a Liverpool fan now, Mohamed Salah is a world-class footballer, and he’s Liverpool’s best goalscorer.”
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> “He helped win the league last year, so we can’t all have short memories. He’s really important for the football club, unless the situation’s a lot worse than what we’re seeing.
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> “But from a fan point of view and an ex-player point of view, I wanted to put some common sense into it. He’s a world-class footballer.”
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> “We need him, and hopefully the situation can be sorted out in the coming hours and days because no one, from a Liverpool perspective, needs this to go on.”
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> “The result last night helped. They were fantastic. It was a top team performance. Another lift would be for this situation to be sorted out by the weekend, and he’s in the squad for the Brighton game.”
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> “But the players last night and Arne Slot’s game plan and the tactics were magnificent. It’s the best Liverpool performance we’ve seen for some time. So hopefully, we start getting back to talking about the team’s results and performances.”