Mohamed Salah should be dropped for last Liverpool game – Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney believes Mohamed Salah should be dropped from the Liverpool squad for their final game of the season.

The Reds were beaten 4-2 by Aston Villa on Friday night, and Salah took to social media on Saturday, urging the team to rediscover their identity.

In a post on X, the Liverpool forward described the defeat as “very painful”, adding that he wants to see the side return to being a “heavy metal attacking team”.

It was announced in March that Salah would be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season having won nine trophies since joining in the summer of 2017.

Saturday’s clash with Brentford at Anfield is set to be Salah’s farewell to the club, but former Manchester United striker Rooney suggested he should be “nowhere near the stadium” for that game.

“I find it sad at the end of what he’s done and what he’s achieved at Liverpool,” he told the Wayne Rooney Show.

“I just think for Salah to come out and aim another dig at Arne Slot – whether Arne Slot’s there next season or not – it’s not the point for him to come out and aim another dig at him. It’s really disappointing.

“He’s talking about he wants to play heavy metal football, so he’s basically saying he wants Jurgen Klopp football. Now I don’t think Mo Salah can cope with that type of football anymore, I think his legs have gone, not fully gone, but to play at the high tempo and high intensity now is very difficult for him.

“It’s just sad. If I was Arne Slot, I’d have him nowhere near the stadium in the last game.

“I had it with Alex Ferguson, I had a disagreement and fall-out. At Alex Ferguson’s last game at Old Trafford he left me out of the squad for that reason.

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