‘Selfish’ Mo Salah must be dropped from Liverpool farewell game: Wayne Rooney

“I need to see Liverpool return to being the heavy steel attacking group that opponents concern and again to being a group that wins trophies. That’s the soccer I understand how to play and that’s the identification that must be recovered and saved for good. It can’t be negotiable, and everybody who joins this membership ought to adapt to it,” Salah wrote on his social media publish.

I’ve witnessed this membership go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took exhausting work and I at all times did all the pieces I might to assist the membership get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.

Us crumbling to one more defeat this season was very painful and… pic.twitter.com/xsnD14QLTQ

— Mohamed Salah (@MoSalah) May 16, 2026

‘Have him nowhere close to the stadium’

Rooney, who stands simply forward of Salah on the all-time Premier League scoring charts, slammed the latter for a distasteful jibe at Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot, insisting that the 33-year-old should be dropped from his farewell match in opposition to Brighton on Sunday.

“I discover it unhappy on the finish of what he’s finished and what he’s achieved at Liverpool. It’s not the purpose for him to return out and purpose one other dig at Slot, Rooney stated, talking on the Wayne Rooney Present on BBC.

“He needs to play heavy steel soccer, so he’s principally saying he needs Jurgen Klopp soccer. Now I don’t suppose Mo Salah can deal with that sort of soccer anymore. I feel his legs have gone to play at that top tempo and excessive depth.”

Rooney recounted a disagreement with Sir Alex Ferguson that prompted the previous Man United head coach to drop him forward of his final managerial look.

“If I used to be Arne Slot, I’d have him nowhere close to the stadium within the final sport. I had it with Alex Ferguson. I had a disagreement and fall out and at Alex Ferguson’s final sport at Previous Trafford, he left me out of the squad for that purpose.”

Rooney claimed that Salah was making an attempt to vindicate himself via social media after a woeful season. With Liverpool slipping to fifth within the standings, the membership’s all-time goal-scorer has netted solely seven targets in 26 appearances.

“I feel Salah’s making an attempt to vindicate himself and make himself really feel higher as a result of he’s had a really poor season.

“So I feel he’s been very egocentric in what he’s finished within the two events. It’s a disgrace and followers will likely be on his aspect, however I feel if you look deeper into it and having been in a dressing room in the same state of affairs to that as nicely, Mo Salah is aware of precisely what he’s doing,” stated Rooney.