{"id":2060,"date":"2026-05-18T08:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:51:22","slug":"mohamed-salah-should-be-dropped-for-last-liverpool-game-wayne-rooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=2060","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah should be dropped for last Liverpool game \u2013 Wayne Rooney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-1ihz57b-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"independent\">\n<div data-theme-wrapper=\"independent\" style=\"display:contents\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveInsideSportNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM cLEJmn\">Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of sport<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM iTZFOX\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM iGYpOF\">Get our free Inside Sport newsletter<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/InsideSport1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Inside Sport\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/mohamed-salah\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> should be dropped from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> squad for their final game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, the Liverpool forward described the defeat as \u201cvery painful\u201d, adding that he wants to see the side return to being a \u201cheavy metal attacking team\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s clash with Brentford at Anfield is set to be Salah\u2019s farewell to the club, but former Manchester United striker Rooney suggested he should be \u201cnowhere near the stadium\u201d for that game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it sad at the end of what he\u2019s done and what he\u2019s achieved at Liverpool,\u201d he told the Wayne Rooney Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think for Salah to come out and aim another dig at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/arne-slot\">Arne Slot<\/a> \u2013 whether Arne Slot\u2019s there next season or not \u2013 it\u2019s not the point for him to come out and aim another dig at him. It\u2019s really disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s talking about he wants to play heavy metal football, so he\u2019s basically saying he wants Jurgen Klopp football. Now I don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just sad. If I was Arne Slot, I\u2019d have him nowhere near the stadium in the last game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had it with Alex Ferguson, I had a disagreement and fall-out. At Alex Ferguson\u2019s last game at Old Trafford he left me out of the squad for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s almost just dropped the grenade and said he doesn\u2019t trust and believe in Arne Slot and almost thrown his teammates who are going to be there next season and let them have to deal with that as well and put them into a position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, Salah\u2019s future at Liverpool was in doubt after suggesting he had no relationship with Slot in post-match comments made after a draw with Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>The forward has struggled to match his form from recent seasons, scoring seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> goals in 26 appearances this term.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney added: \u201cI think he\u2019s been very selfish in what he\u2019s done in the two occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame and fans will be on his side, but I think when you look deeper into it and having been in a dressing room in a similar situation to that as well, Mo Salah knows exactly what he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, I\u2019ve questioned Arne Slot this season, but that\u2019s your manager. You can\u2019t publicly disrespect him twice the way he has and get away with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where if I was Arne Slot, I\u2019d have to pull rank and just say, \u2018listen, you\u2019re not coming anywhere near the place on Saturday, whether you like it or not\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really doubt he will do it, but I think he should.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a shame to see one of the great, iconic Premier League players leave the Premier League probably in this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Sport newsletter: Get an expert guide to the biggest moments shaping the world of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615.jpg",1200,800,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-1115x715.jpg",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-800x500.jpg",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16cd511e87b5fac35b1bd5521de25f56Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzc5MTczMzky-2.84367615-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}