Journalist: Mohamed Salah set for Liverpool exit amid Saudi interest | OneFootball

Mo Salah’s Sudden Slide and Slot’s Stark Choices

Liverpool’s season feels like it has tilted into unfamiliar territory. Four wins in the last fourteen, a faltering attack, and a superstar whose once unstoppable rhythm looks increasingly muted. Mohamed Salah, who only months ago delivered one of the most extraordinary scoring campaigns of his career, now finds himself benched in consecutive fixtures by Arne Slot at the exact moment Liverpool needed certainty and stature.

Those decisions frame the wider conversation raised in David Lynch’s discussion with Dave Davis, one shaped by concern, curiosity and an unavoidable sense of crossroads.

Lynch captured the shock factor bluntly.“If you want to save your job, surely you put your best team on the pitch and he didn’t include Mo Salah in that.”It is a line that resonates because Slot’s position has been under scrutiny and removing your most decorated forward when goals are drying up looks like a high risk route to stability.

Slot’s Rationale and Salah’s Reality

Lynch wondered aloud where this leaves the forward in the immediate term.“You do wonder whether he comes back in against Leeds United but I don’t think he is going to be coming back in on the basis that Slot thinks he desperately needs him.”That distinction matters. If Salah returns only because rotation demands it, rather than because he is indispensable, the relational dynamic is already shifting.

The broader attacking struggles do not point to a single culprit.“I would also argue that not a lot of the attack is playing well at the moment, so is it fair to say that it is a Salah problem.”Liverpool’s chance creation has lacked fluidity and intensity and when Lynch adds,“If all of your attackers aren’t looking like themselves, then I thik the questions go deeper and with that in mind, we probably should be seeing more of Salah.”,it echoes the sentiment of many supporters. Salah may not be delivering last season’s historic numbers, but removing him entirely hardly fixes the structural issues.

Even the body language has drawn scrutiny.“He won’t be enjoying it at all. It was telling that he covered his face up on the bench so that no one could see his face.”For a player who thrives on responsibility and rhythm, this version of events feels jarring.

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Contract Complications and Saudi Interest

Lynch also pointed to the growing tension that could soon become unmanageable.“If Slot somehow hangs on and doesn’t use Salah, that situation is going to feel untenable. Salah will not stick around to be the experienced head in and around the squad.”

That line is significant. Salah signed a new contract in the summer, yet murmurs already suggest this may prove his Liverpool farewell season. The interest from Saudi Arabia has never truly faded and Lynch highlighted its relevance again.“It’s not a shock that Saudi clubs are interested in him but what is interesting is that the offer is there and we’re close to a situation where Liverpool would be interested in talking about it.”

End of an Era on the Horizon

The closing assessment felt like the clearest indication of where this story may lead.“If it continues this way and he can’t do what he can do, then it would make sense for everyone to part ways at the end of the season.”

Liverpool have navigated emotional transitions before but the potential departure of Salah, one of the most important players in modern club history, would reshape the team’s identity. For now, the debate hinges on whether Slot can reawaken his star or whether the manager and his forward are already drifting towards a separation neither side openly intended.