Liverpool star Florian Wirtz has defended Mohamed Salah amid what appears to be ongoing friction between the Reds forward and manager Arne Slot.
Salah recently attracted headlines for a post on his social media about Liverpool needing to return to playing ‘heavy metal football’, which is something associated with former manager Jurgen Klopp.
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It’s fair to say that although Slot won the Premier League title with Liverpool last season, he has lost a lot of support after a difficult second campaign in charge at Anfield.
There could now be doubts about the Dutch tactician’s future, with Salah hinting that he’s not a fan of how the team are playing under him.
Wirtz, however, has defended Salah in an interview with the Athletic.
Florian Wirtz sees no issue with Mohamed Salah post and backs Arne Slot
Wirtz has insisted he didn’t see Salah’s post as an attack on Slot, with the former Bayer Leverkusen man backing the manager even if he also admitted things need to be better next season.
“Mo has known the club for a long time now. He’s just an honest guy. He says what he thinks. This should be OK. If you want to speak, you should be able to speak,” Wirtz said.
“Of course, it was a bit of a difficult season for all of us, including Mo. In my opinion, it got made bigger than it was. I don’t think he attacked anyone.”
He added: “I like Mo’s mentality in general — how he sees things, how he works. He’s a guy you can listen to, because he has seen a lot.
“He wasn’t attacking anyone. With the ‘likes’ players gave, I think it was made too big. For me, it was just a thing that he wanted to say because he’s leaving. He wanted to make everyone in the club alert that we have to work more and do better.
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