Mo Salah will never walk alone. He’s too adored by Liverpool fans for what he’s achieved over nine years and 420 games, the 250 goals, 113 assists and the eight trophies, including two Premier Leagues and the Champions League. So many unforgettable memories, so many entries in the history books. Salah will never walk alone because he’s too admired by Liverpool fans for the way he’s represented the club so well on the field and off.
The immediate reaction to Salah’s seemingly inevitable journey towards the Anfield exit - not of his volition - is sadness. Sadness, not so much the reality of it happening. Salah was always going to move or be moved on, probably for Saudi, at some point and his form has been dipping for a while. He's 33. It’s more the manner of Salah’s seeming departure that stirs sadness.
It’s sad to see the situation scarred with such rancour and with such tension with his head coach and, seemingly, the Liverpool hierarchy. Such a special player and man, one of the greatest players in Liverpool’s long, trophy-laden history, deserves a special farewell. Anfield, standing as one, saluting a legend as he leaves. It probably will be in January now.
It’s difficult to see Salah staying after those heartfelt but damaging words at Elland Road last night. Liverpool’s powerbrokers have to back Arne Slot otherwise chaos reigns. Liverpool’s powerbrokers have to back the principle of performance-related selection otherwise positions become sinecures. The mistake Salah made in his comments was about having earned the right to continue starting. Sport doesn’t work that way.
Salah’s many supporters can - with some legitimacy - point to the poor displays of Gakpo and Konate and question why they still start. The problem with Salah is his modest contribution out of possession. That’s fine when the team are winning, and he’s scoring freely, but it’s an issue when they’re struggling as currently. Few Liverpool fans or pundits were surprised when Salah was left on the bench.
Salah doesn’t deserve any special treatment in terms of his place but he does deserve special treatment in how Liverpool work with him now. He's a club great. He's also a huge global figure. If Salah is to leave – and he hasn’t asked to – let’s hope it is done with the respect he deserves for what he’s done for a club that prides itself on people never walking alone. #LFC
🚨⚖️ As per @MarkOgden_, #MUFC will listen to offers for the following players in January:
- Kobbie Mainoo
- Joshua Zirkzee
- Manuel Ugarte
- Tyrell Malacia
However, he adds that allowing ANY to leave before the end of AFCON (Jan 18) would leave Amorim short of players.
Chilled morning for me today & I saw this so will share to teach a little more about Addison's Disease
A regular body wakes up & operates because it makes a cortisol surge
Those with Addison's can't do that so we have to take different steroids on waking to manually start up
If you are going to Sunderland v Everton on Monday please join the applause on 9 minutes in memory of Anna.
Keeping all her loved ones in my thoughts ❤️💙
And yet your party leader heaps praise on a Republican movement that’s currently burying the Epstein files and shielding abusers…
That’s political evil too, right?
…just a little too close for comfort and inconvenient, I guess.