Liverpool hero Steven Gerrard has entered the increasingly tense situation between Mohamed Salah, manager Arne Slot, and the Liverpool board urging captain Virgil van Dijk to come out and de-escalate the situation within the club. This situation was intensified when Salah publicly expressed his exasperation regarding his treatment in recent times saying he felt that the club had literalized him under the bus.
His comments followed soon after he was omitted in the champions league squad to play inter milan although he was not actually punished. The fact that Salah did not feature on Saturday, against Leeds United, where he was an unused substitute in a 33 draw was his third consecutive appearance on the bench, more fueling speculation of a rift between him and the manager.
Talking to the reporters after the match, Salah was also categorical about his dissatisfaction: I have served this club so much all the years. I feel like I have been the scapegoat of the club. One of them wants me to have all the blame. Gerrard, who evaluated the case in the context of TNT Sports, understood Salah and sympathized with his desire to be competitive, but he strongly disapproved of the forward taking his anger to the streets.
And he is a big irritation that he is not playing — I admire that. However, the lines concerning throwing people under the bus are erroneous, Gerrard said. He should move aside that and discuss it with the manager in private. Gerrard thinks the answer is in Van Dijk who is the club captain.
This requires Virgil van Dijk to say, how do we put this in order to the fans? Since this is impacting on the entire club. Salah, who had scored 29 goals and 18 assists last season, the highest in the history of the Premier League, has not been on form this season, with only four goals in all competitions.
