The allegation between the coach and the Egyptian star on the line shook the foundations of the club.
Mohamed Salah and Jurgen Klopp
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Futbolred Editorial
April 29, 2024, 09:20 p.m. m.
Not long ago it was a family, an oasis of harmony and camaraderie, a pack loyal to its leader that wanted to say goodbye to him with a poker of titles of which only a minor triumph remained.
Today everyone is struggling between disbelief, confusion, helplessness and the adverse internal climate in a Liverpool that is witnessing a divorce, live and direct, between the coach who changed the history of the club and the attacker who broke all records and became a legend.
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The image in the match against West Ham was eloquent: Salah reluctantly greeted his boss and told him to shut up when he complained, while Darwin Núñez intervened to distance his teammate and reduce the tension at the moment, which was talked about much more than the game. What happened between the ‘reds’ idols?
It happened that while the German wanted to settle the issue, saying that “we talked about it with the boys, it’s resolved,” his subordinate added fuel to the flame by stating: “if I speak there will be a fire,” in the mixed zone.
What’s behind the fight?
For the newspaper The Sun it was a normal affair for a bad moment of performance: “Klopp is very fond of interacting with his substitutes before they go out on the pitch, and felt that that had not happened at the beginning with Mo (Salah). “Obviously, Mo was upset about being left out of the team and was not in the best mood, while Jürgen (Klopp) was not happy with his behaviour.”
For Jamie Carragher, he wanted to understand them both without judging them: “Mo Salah and Jürgen Klopp are Liverpool legends. We don’t need to take sides! Salah is frustrated and angry with Jürgen because he is not playing and at that moment he did not want to fully embrace the boss, and Jürgen understandably made that exception. Mo (Salah) was wrong with his comment in the mixed zone, but let’s let them fix it and enjoy the last few weeks together. “They have helped each other a lot in everything that has been achieved at the club.”
The truth is that Salah has not had his best season, partly due to injuries and difficulties in resuming his usual rhythm, and the analysts see that.
Peter Crouch said on TNT Sports: “It didn’t look good, I don’t think it looks good for the club. Mo Salah is a player who has started most of Liverpool’s games and will be furious to be on the bench. “But nobody likes to see this between a coach and a key player.”
Teammate Ally McCoist added: “You see Salah come back for another bite and one of his teammates looks like he has to intervene; Those things should be behind closed doors. I think Salah will leave. He has been one of the best players we have seen in this league, nothing short of fantastic for Liverpool, but his form has dipped and it seems to me that he could be on the move. “It could suit both parties: Salah to move on and Liverpool to reinvest the money they get for him.”
It will go? Liverpool Echo and The Athletic agree that it is the basis for next season, already with Arne Slot on the bench instead of Klopp. But the reality is that it could also be that, if Liverpool wants to recover some of what the Egyptian, the highest-paid member of the squad by far, costs them, the time to release him is now, in the next market, knowing that the Super Saudi League there is great interest and the figures would be in the millions. Will the club be left without its two idols in the end? Others left before them and the club continued standing. Teams above names, once again.
