5<\/p>\n Salah’s final match against Man City as a Liverpool player was a miserable oneCredit: Getty<\/p>\n Salah<\/a>, who only\u00a0signed a two-year deal last year<\/a>, will cut his contract short to leave Anfield as a free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old was widely honoured<\/a> for his glittering nine-year spell at Liverpool and is deemed a Premier League all-time great<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, Manchester United icon Roy Keane criticised the timing of Salah’s announcement<\/a> and claimed the general sentiment towards the forward could turn<\/a> if Liverpool finish the season poorly.<\/p>\n And the instant fallout from the Reds’ first match since those comments suggests that Keane’s assessment may come to pass.<\/p>\n read more on Mohamed SalahSalah’s Liverpool exit could turn ‘NASTY’<\/p>\n Liverpool suffered their heaviest FA Cup defeat in 80 years on Saturday to surrender one of only two remaining opportunities for silverware this campaign, and their talisman endured the brunt of the critics’ ire.<\/p>\n Salah had been looking to be the first Liverpool player to score in four consecutive FA Cup appearances since Emile Heskey in 2000\/01.<\/p>\n Against Man City, he also boasts his second-highest goal involvement rate of any opponent in his career with 13 goals and eight assists.<\/p>\n However, Salah missed a gilt-edged chance to open the scoring at the Etihad Stadium before fluffing a second-half penalty.<\/p>\n On Liverpool, talkSPORT’s Henry Winter told Sunday Edition: “They’re running through quicksand at the moment. Mo Salah, I think, embodies that.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Keane had warned Salah that fans may say his heart isn’t in it if Liverpool’s season ends badlySalah ‘just didn’t look right’<\/p>\n “I was watching on TV, and you just looked into his eyes when he was taking that penalty, and he just didn’t look right,” Winter added.<\/p>\n “He didn’t look like the confident Mo Salah of old. Good save by James Trafford. And City were terrific, but that was poor.<\/p>\n “Talking about fans leaving early from the boxing<\/a>, I’ve not seen Liverpool fans walk away like that. <\/p>\n “Obviously, there were a lot of them because you get an increased allocation. But still\u2026 Arne Slot should look at that as well as his underperforming players.”<\/p>\n Salah has now failed to convert either of his last two penalties, having also missed against Galatasaray in the Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Salah’s miserable season continued as he missed from 12 yards with the score at 4-0Credit: AFP<\/p>\n That competition is now Liverpool’s only salvation to rescue their season, with the first leg of their quarter-final clash against Paris Saint-Germain taking place on Wednesday night, live on talkSPORT.<\/p>\n Tony Cascarino has even told the club to drop Salah<\/a> for the trip to PSG as Slot’s men have been carrying him this campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to deserve your space in the team,\u201d he told talkSPORT\u2019s Weekend Breakfast.<\/p>\n \u201cYou need to have done enough to be a manager\u2019s choice, where he goes, ‘he\u2019s playing’.<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Cascarino also insisted that Salah needed to be dropped against PSGSalah not playing well enough to justify his spot in the team<\/p>\n \u201cAt the moment, I think he\u2019s spinning plates over Mo Salah, and he can\u2019t quite work out what\u2019s the right thing to do.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing loyal to him, which he\u2019s done, Slot. He\u2019s played him when at times he shouldn\u2019t. So now he\u2019s got PSG.<\/p>\n \u201cBut one thing you can\u2019t have, and it\u2019s a hard thing to say, but I\u2019ve had it said to me.<\/p>\n \u201cLike, at the moment, Liverpool are carrying Mo Salah<\/a>. And that is not a good place for the team to be in, because he\u2019s not playing well enough to justify his spot<\/a> in the team.<\/p>\n![\"Mohamed](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mohamed-salah-walks-past-liverpool-1071569506.jpg\")
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