Mohamed Salah: Jamie Redknapp says ‘one thing has to offer’ as Arne Slot drops Liverpool’s star man once more

Jamie Redknapp believes that ‘one thing has to offer’ between Mohamed Salah and Liverpool boss Arne Slot after the Egyptian was left on the bench for the second recreation working in the course of the 1-1 draw with Sunderland.

Slot opted to depart Salah out of the beginning XI for the win over West Ham on Sunday, however regardless of beforehand suggesting rotation was going to be essential because the Reds embark on a run of 4 video games in 10 days, the ahead was as soon as once more not noted at Anfield.

It is a stark turnaround in fortunes for Salah, who had began 53 consecutive video games earlier than lacking out on the London Stadium, main Redknapp to consider that it may very well be the start of the top for the 33-year-old on Merseyside.

“I wouldn’t compare it to when Alan Shearer was left out by Ruud Gullit all those years ago and it ended up being a massive clash where one had to go, but it does feel like something has to give,” Redknapp mentioned when discussing Salah’s omission post-match.

“There is not any means Mohamed Salah goes to be content material being a bit half participant on this staff.

“Whether it is in January or in the summertime, if he finds the appropriate golf equipment, I feel he deserves the appropriate to maneuver on if issues aren’t going to go his means.

“I can only see that outcome. Now that trust is broken, especially with someone like Salah, he needs that confidence and love from a manager.”

Salah was introduced on at half-time as Liverpool appeared to seek out the breakthrough, however struggled to make a lot of an impression.

“I don’t feel it’s going to end well either way,” Redknapp added.

“Salah will be looking at it thinking ‘I’m an elite player. There’s no way I want to be sitting on the bench for Liverpool’.

“For the supervisor to depart him out in a scenario the place you are presumably going to lose him for eight video games at AFCON, you have to play him whilst you can.

“He is their superstar footballer, but he [Slot] clearly doesn’t believe that right now. He didn’t come on and make the impact Liverpool fans would want. It was a really difficult night for him.”

‘He needs to be the rationale why Liverpool wins’

Salah’s downturn in type comes after he put pen to paper on a brand new multi-year deal on the finish of final season following months of hypothesis.

Despite that, his difficulties this season have led some to take a position his time on the membership could also be coming to an finish simply months later. But former team-mate Daniel Sturridge does not consider issues have reached that stage.

“We talk about stats and numbers. That’s what he’s know for. Has he delivered those this season? No, he hasn’t. But, nobody else has either,” Sturridge claimed.

“He wants to be the reason why the team wins. Attackers are usually driven that way.

“Mo has delievered that since he is joined the soccer membership. This is the primary season the place we are able to query him. I’m not fairly certain that Mohamed Salah is the rationale Liverpool aren’t successful.

“Last season, he was the reason they had won the league. A man of his quality, you can tell it hurts him.

“There comes a time in each participant’s profession the place managers, house owners have choices to make. I do not suppose that is the stage we’re at. I feel the membership can flip it round by way of performances, and I feel Salah can flip it round.

‘This wasn’t rotation, Salah was dropped’

Jamie Carragher was vital of Liverpool’s efficiency on co-commentary all through the sport, however made it clear pre-match that the choice to depart Salah out was now not right down to Slot feeling the necessity to relaxation his star man.

“I expected Mo Salah to play today,” Carragher said.

“Arne Slot can dress the weekend up as Liverpool have four games in 10 days, and you have to look at which games you play him in.

“Sunderland will play deep and make it difficult so I expected this to be the one where Salah plays. For him to be on the bench doesn’t feel like rest or rotation; it’s dropped.

“I’ve mentioned this season I do not suppose Mo Salah ought to play each recreation, however after I mentioned that I used to be pondering predominantly away video games – not a lot at Anfield. I’m shocked.

“Sooner or later Liverpool do have to pivot away from being the Salah team and towards being the Wirtz and Isak team, and maybe we saw a glimpse of that.”

Salah’s struggles analysed – is it him or the staff?

Analysis from Sky Sports’ Callum Bishop:

It does not take a genius to see that one thing is not fairly going to plan for Mohamed Salah and Liverpool this season. But who’s in charge?

After 14 Premier League video games final season, the Egyptian had 13 objectives, 9 greater than his present complete. He additionally had eight assists in comparison with two this time period.

If you then examine Liverpool’s numbers as a complete, their xG is down from 29.16 to 22.53. That downward trajectory can also be aligned with Salah’s (10.46 to three.88).

What is fascinating about each although is how their probabilities created metric stacks up. After 14 video games, Liverpool created 170 probabilities in 2024/25. A 12 months on, they’re roughly the identical at 168. Salah individually can also be across the identical degree too, going from 28 to 26.

What is seemingly occurring is the arrival of the likes of Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike in stopping Salah from entering into as many goalscoring positions he can revenue from, whereas simultanteously he struggles to adapt into extra of a artistic risk than he maybe already was.

It is a real mesh of kinds the place it will seem solely one among Salah and Slot can come out on high. Time will inform who.

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