{"id":616737,"date":"2025-12-06T22:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/616737\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T22:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T22:05:12","slug":"mohamed-salah-says-ive-been-thrown-under-the-bus-and-signals-liverpool-exit-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/616737\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah says \u2018I\u2019ve been thrown under the bus\u2019 and signals Liverpool exit | Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mohamed Salah has accused Liverpool of throwing him \u201cunder the bus\u201d after being left out of the starting lineup for the third game running as the champions drew at Leeds, saying he has been made a scapegoat for the poor start to the season and casting severe doubt on his future at the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe \u2026 I\u2019m sitting on the bench for 90 minutes,\u201d the Egypt international said. \u201cThe third time on the bench, I think for the first time in my career. I\u2019m very, very disappointed. I have done so much for this club down the years and especially last season. Now I\u2019m sitting on the bench and I don\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.\u201d He refused to specify who that person was.<\/p>\n

Salah has been leading scorer in the Premier League four times and was both the Professional Footballers\u2019 Association\u2019s and the Football Writers\u2019 Association\u2019s player of the year last season as he helped Liverpool<\/a> to his and their second Premier League triumph. But he suggested next week\u2019s home league game against Brighton could be his last for the club. He will join up with the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after that and he gave a strong hint that he could leave Liverpool in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager and all of a sudden, we don\u2019t have any relationship,\u201d Salah said after Liverpool\u2019s 3-3 draw at Elland Road<\/a> on Saturday. \u201cI don\u2019t know why, but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn\u2019t want me in the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis club, I always support it. My kids will always support it. I love the club so much I will always do. I called my mum yesterday \u2013 you guys [journalists] didn\u2019t know if I would start or not, but I knew. Yesterday I said [to my mum]: \u2018Come to the Brighton game. I don\u2019t know if I am going to play or not but I am going to enjoy it.\u2019 In my head, I\u2019m going to enjoy that game because I don\u2019t know what is going to happen now. I will be in Anfield to say goodbye to the fans and go the Africa Cup. I don\u2019t know what is going to happen when I am there.\u201d<\/p>\n

A dejected Arne Slot leaves the pitch at Elland Road after Leeds secured a draw in added time. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt\/AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Asked directly if he thought that the Brighton fixture at Anfield next Saturday would be his last for Liverpool, he replied: \u201cIn football you never know. I don\u2019t accept this situation. I have done so much for this club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salah has scored only four Premier League goals this season, one of those a penalty, and has been widely criticised for his lack of defensive work as Liverpool have endured a stuttering start to their title defence. But he is clearly hurt that he is taking the blame for their poor form and feels the club have let him down after he agreed a two-year contract extension in the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a lot of promises and so far I am on the bench for three games so I can\u2019t say they have kept the promise,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is not acceptable for me. I don\u2019t know why this is happening to me. I don\u2019t get it. I think if this was somewhere else, every club would protect its player. How I see it now is like: \u2018You throw Mo under the bus because he is the problem in the team now.\u2019 But I don\u2019t think I am the problem. I have done so much for this club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe respect, I want to get. I don\u2019t have to go every day fighting for my position because I earned it. I am not bigger than anyone but I earned my position. It\u2019s football. It is what it is. I am top goalscorer, best player, winning the league in such a style, but I am the one who has to defend himself in front of the media and fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter what I have done for the club it really hurts. You can imagine, really. After going from home to the club and you don\u2019t know if you are starting. I know the club too well, I have been here many years. Tomorrow [the Sky pundit Jamie] Carragher is going to go for me again and again and that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salah did not feature in the win at West Ham last Sunday but came off the bench at half-time in the draw against Sunderland on Wednesday. However, he did not make an appearance at Elland Road, a situation he clearly finds extremely frustrating. \u201cI have been at this club, scoring more than anyone in this generation, since I came to the Premier League. If I was 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?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s silly but I am sorry. I remember a while ago, Harry Kane was not scoring for 10 games, and everyone in the media was like: \u2018Oh, Harry will score for sure.\u2019 When it comes to Mo everyone is like: \u2018He needs to be on the bench.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

There has been consistent interest from the Saudi Pro League for several months, but Salah would not be drawn on whether that was his likely destination. \u201cI don\u2019t want to answer this question,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause the club is going to take me to a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did he regret signing the new contract? \u201cImagine how bad I feel that I have to answer it, honestly,\u201d he said. \u201cThat hurts, even the question hurts. This club, signing for this club, I will never regret it. I thought I\u2019m going to renew here and end my career here, but this is not according to the plan, so I\u2019m not regretting signing for the club for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomehow it will end but the thing in my head is like: \u2018Why it should end this way?\u2019 Because I am too fit, just five months ago I was just winning every individual award so why should it go this direction?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah has accused Liverpool of throwing him \u201cunder the bus\u201d after being left out of the starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-616737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115674895073232711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}