Salah left out of Liverpool squad to face Inter Milan | OneFootball

Liverpool announced this Monday that Mohamed Salah is out of the squad for the game against Inter Milan in the Champions League, following the harsh criticism from the Egyptian forward towards the club's management and coach Arne Slot.

“It feels like the club threw me under the bus,” Salah said on Saturday in Leeds, after being benched for the third consecutive game, convinced that “someone” (not directly naming Slot) wants to blame him for the Reds' poor season.

The forward trained in the morning with his teammates but was then not included in the list of players traveling to Milan to face Inter this Tuesday. According to the British press, the reason for his absence is not a disciplinary measure but rather a technical decision by the Dutch coach.

“I am very, very disappointed. I have done a lot for this club over the years, especially last season,” Salah declared after Liverpool's 3-3 draw with Leeds at Elland Road, in the English Championship.

“Now I'm on the bench and I don't know why. It feels like the club threw me under the bus. That's how I feel. I think it's very clear that someone wanted me to take all the blame.”

Salah scored 34 goals and provided 23 assists last season, contributing decisively to Liverpool's English title, a performance that motivated the club to renew his contract for another two years.

But the poor results this season, especially in the English Championship (eighth place, ten points behind leader Arsenal) and the arrival of high-priced signings (the Reds invested over 300 million pounds sterling, or R$ 2.1 billion at the current exchange rate, in Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, and Hugo Ekitiké alone) have caused the Egyptian to lose his untouchable status.

“I have said several times before that I had a good relationship with the coach and suddenly, we have no relationship at all,” the player said. Liverpool will visit Inter on Tuesday needing a positive result, as with three rounds remaining in the Champions League group stage, the team has nine points and is outside the Top 8, which leads directly to the round of 16.

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