Salah's Public Criticism Reveals Liverpool's Internal Discord

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"Seems like the club has thrown me under the bus that's how I feel it how I feel it um I think I think it's very clear that someone wants me to get all the blame the club promised me in the summers for a lot of promises and nothing so far I'm in the bench three games so I can't say that they keep the promise and I see that many time before I had a good relationship with the manager and out of the sudden um we don't have any relationship I don't know why."

Mohamed Salah expresses a feeling of betrayal by the club, stating that promises made in the summer have not been kept and that he believes someone is trying to blame him. Simon Hughes notes that Salah's comments reveal a broken relationship with the manager and a disjointed state at the club, but also points out that this is part of a pattern of behavior from Salah when he feels cornered.

"It's extraordinary in the sense of the revelations that came from it obviously the talk of broken relationship with the manager being thrown under the bus by the club broken promises you know these are big claims and it lays naked the state of affairs at Liverpool and how how vulnerable the club is at the moment and how disjointed things are but it is part of a pattern of behavior from Salah he has done this before he does only speak when there is a reason for him to speak and it's usually relating to something involving himself and it usually happens when he feels cornered."

Simon Hughes describes Salah's outburst as extraordinary due to the significant claims made about his relationship with the manager and the club's actions. Hughes explains that while these claims expose internal issues at Liverpool, they are consistent with Salah's past behavior of speaking out when he feels he is in a difficult or cornered situation.

"Well there's been loads of people saying you know this behavior of a kind of slightly spoil aging player raging against the dying of the light very reminiscent of kind of what we've seen over the years at times from people like ronaldo and messi when they don't get the attention that they necessarily want as they get older I think the counterpoint is when you like take the three games he's been put on the bench for west ham sunderland and leeds I don't think you can do that with you know probably your best paid player your most famous celebrated player and not expect a reaction."

Adam Crafton acknowledges that some view Salah's behavior as similar to that of aging stars like Ronaldo and Messi when they feel overlooked, but argues that benching a club's highest-paid and most famous player for three consecutive games against less formidable opponents is likely to provoke a reaction. Crafton suggests that management should anticipate such a response when making these decisions.

"I have little doubt that he left that dressing room intending to say his piece I mean he doesn't he doesn't speak very often to anybody but you know in terms of media but he's done very few of those sort of post match mix zone interviews in the whole of his eight and a half years at Liverpool so yeah it was calculated he was frustrated but it seemed it seemed very measured almost what he was saying you know and sure he was angry but it looked measured he looked like he knew what he was going to say."

Ollie Kay believes Mohamed Salah's comments were deliberate, noting that Salah rarely speaks to the media and has conducted very few post-match interviews during his time at Liverpool. Kay characterizes Salah's statements as calculated and measured, despite his evident frustration, suggesting he knew precisely what he wanted to convey.

"But you know mohamed salah let's not forget has had public spats with sadio mane albeit it was more visible from mane's side during a game you know he had a very public fallout with jurgen klopp didn't think that highly of jurgen klopp you know this is the manager who delivered everything at liverpool so he is a person who has a huge chance of independence put it that way and he's a unique footballer in lots of different ways because of where he's from because of his experiences and the way he's represented and i just think that all of this needs considering when you are making decisions of significance about him."

Simon Hughes highlights Mohamed Salah's history of public disagreements, including a spat with Sadio Mané and a significant fallout with former manager Jürgen Klopp. Hughes emphasizes Salah's independent nature and unique background, suggesting that these factors must be considered when making important decisions concerning him, as Liverpool has historically done.

"I think they they've had so many wins over the years in the transfer market and getting decisions right that i i just wonder whether they'd almost just have this feeling that they are they're always going to get it right you know a bit like i don't know i don't know if i'll like this comparison david cameron wins the scottish referendum they don't they don't definitely won't david cameron wins the scottish referendum right adam can i just stop you there please this is where it's coming in no because this this is this is a good this is a good analogy go on then and he you know he's won a couple of elections and he thinks i'm a winner i'm going to keep winning so i'm going to do the brexit referendum as well and then all of a sudden something comes along that it snaps you in the face when you're not expecting it and i just wonder whether they've just got a bit too sure that they're always going to win all of these negotiations."

Adam Crafton speculates that Liverpool's ownership, particularly Michael Edwards and FSG, may have developed an overconfidence from past successes in the transfer market and decision-making. Crafton draws an analogy to David Cameron's political career, suggesting that a string of victories might lead to a belief in inevitable success, potentially causing them to underestimate complex situations like the current one with Salah.