Mohamed Salah claims Liverpool have broken their promises to him and says ‘the club want me to get all the blame’ (Getty)
Mohamed Salah has launched an astonishing attack towards Liverpool, claiming they have ‘thrown me under the bus’ and ‘someone doesn’t want me in the club’.
Salah was left on the bench for Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds United on Saturday night and delivered a scathing verdict on his situation after the game at Elland Road.
The 33-year-old, who signed a new two-year contract in April before winning his second Premier League title with Liverpool, claims he now has no relationship with Arne Slot and has indicated that he would look to leave Anfield in the January transfer window.
‘I couldn’t believe it. I’m sitting on the bench for 90 minutes. I think it’s the third time on the bench, I think it’s the first time in my career,’ Salah said.
‘I’m very, very disappointed, to be fair. I have done so much for this club. Everybody can see that during the years and especially last season.
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‘Sitting on the bench, I don’t know why, it seems the club are throwing me under the bus, that’s how it feels. It’s very clear that someone wants me to get all the blame.
Mohamed Salah was seen tapping the badge and waving to Liverpool supporters after the 3-3 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road (AMA/Getty)
‘The club promised me in the summer a lot of promises and nothing so far and I’m on the bench for three games, so I can say they don’t keep their promises.
‘I said many times before I had a good relationship with the manager and all of a sudden we don’t have any relationship. I don’t know why.
‘It seems to me someone doesn’t want me in the club. I love the club so much.
‘It’s not acceptable for me. I don’t know why that happened always to me, I don’t get it. I think if was somewhere else the club will protect its player.
‘I don’t know why I’m in that situation now but again it’s how I see it, it’s like you throw Mo under the bus because he’s a problem in the team now but I don’t think I’m the problem.
‘I have done so much for this club to get the respect I want to get and I don’t have to go every day fighting for my position because I earn it.
‘People will say you are not bigger than I’m not bigger than anyone. I’m just earn I earn my position. This is football. It is what it is.’
Mohamed Salah has refused to rule out the prospect of leaving Liverpool in January (AMA/Getty)
Asked if he would consider his future in January, Salah replied: ‘In football you never know but I don’t accept this situation.
‘I don’t want to answer this question [about moving to the Saudi Pro League], because the club is going to take me to a different direction.
‘After what I have done for the club, it really hurts. You can imagine, really. After going from home to the club and you don’t know if you are starting. I know the club too well, I have been here many years. Tomorrow [Jamie] Carragher [the former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit] is going to go for me again and again and that’s fine.
‘I have been at this club, scoring more than anyone in this generation since I came to the Premier League, I don’t think anyone has scored more goals and made more assists than me. In the whole Premier League. If I am somewhere else, everybody would go to the media and defend the players. I am the only one in this situation.
‘Can I give an example? It’s silly but I am sorry. I remember a while ago, Harry Kane was not scoring for ten games, [and] everyone in the media was like, ‘Oh, Harry will score for sure.’ When it comes to Mo, everyone is like, ‘He needs to be on the bench.’ I am sorry, Harry!’
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