Mohamed Salah’s comments may have happened a week ago today, but all the talk is still about the Egyptian’s future.
The Reds had a good start to the week after getting a big three points away to Inter Milan in the Champions League, doing so without Salah.
He was left in England for that one due to his interview, and although he is back in the squad for the Brighton game, he started on the bench, but came on due to an injury to Joe Gomez in the first half.
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Talks with Arne Slot have already gone on, yet his future is still uncertain, with this perhaps being his last ever game as a Liverpool player.
If it is, it will have certainly ended on a sour note, and Paul Merson could not believe what Salah was seen doing in the tunnel before the match.
Mohamed Salah’s body language before Liverpool’s game was terrible
Salah has very clearly been upset by his situation that is unfolding at Liverpool right now, but either way, he cannot say what he did.
It may have been a while now since he has been feeling like it too, although something still is not right, with this shown by the way he arrived at Anfield.
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He was seen looking miserable for the game, perhaps knowing the cameras would be on him, with Merson believing that it is unacceptable.
“I didn’t expect him to be cracking jokes or cuddling the mascot, but yeah, he’s going to be upset, he wants to play, this has all come from him not playing,” he said on Gillette Soccer Saturday.
“He’s not going to come off laughing or joking. Look, oh my god, has he missed a mortgage payment or something?
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool sits on the bench during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield
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“That is ridiculous, you don’t want him around like that, you need to have a meeting and say Mo, everyone here looks up to you, don’t walk around like that, or don’t come in.
“That’s not a normal walk or a normal look. There are kids there that look up to him, you don’t want to set that example.
“He’s walking in there, he has the best job in the world, you don’t walk with your hands in your pockets, he’s walking like I did out of the betting shop when I’d done all my money.”
Tim Sherwood wonders whether Mohamed Salah wants Liverpool to win
As good as Salah is, there is no denying that he has a bit of an ego and loves being the star man, which is one of the reasons he went so public with his outburst.
Even after Liverpool took the lead in the opening minute of the game, the camera panned to him and he did not look happy, with Tim Sherwood wondering before the match whether he would even want the Reds to win.
“I wouldn’t want him to come in like that. You can’t look more miserable than he is, and in the dressing room it will be worse,” he said.
“Do you think he’ll be sitting on the bench wanting the team to win? I’ll put that out there? Do you think he wants Liverpool to win today?
“He’s being man-marked by the press officer on the way in there, it’s a poor look, it’s a circus today, they will have one camera just panned on that man.”
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