Mohamed Salah has appeared to aim a dig at Liverpool boss Arne Slot in a bombshell tweet.
The Reds were beaten 4-2 by Aston Villa on Friday night to heap the pressure on Slot after what has been an underwhelming season.
Liverpool are fifth and yet to secure their Champions League spot having lost 12 of their 37 league matches and many fans have turned on the Dutchman.
Salah, who returned from injury as a late substitute on Friday, is leaving the club at the end of a campaign where his relationship with Slot has been tested.
And, following the Villa defeat, he appeared to criticise the Liverpool boss in a groundbreaking tweet on Saturday afternoon.
He wrote: ‘I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there.
Mohamed Salah has appeared to aim a dig at Liverpool boss Arne Slot in a bombshell tweet
Salah criticised Liverpool for ‘crumbling to another defeat’ against Aston Villa on Friday
‘Nothing makes me prouder than that. Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve.
‘I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies.
‘That is the football. I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it.
‘Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games.
‘Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on.
‘As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.’
The reference to ‘heavy metal’ football is what Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side were famed for playing during his nine years in charge of the club from 2015 to 2024.
Salah’s social media comment was liked by a number of Liverpool players, with Curtis Jones adding an applause emoji.
The other players who either liked or commented were Dominik Szoboszlai, Andy Robertson, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Wataru Endo, Giovanni Leoni and Harvey Elliott.
In a separate post, Jones wrote: ‘Thank you for your continued support in a disappointing season. It’s way off the standards expected at this football club.’
Although Salah’s post may have been interpreted as a rallying cry, it came after an explosive fall-out with Slot earlier in the season.
Following their 3-3 draw at Leeds in December when he failed to come off the bench, the Egyptian gave an interview to reporters at Elland Road in which he accused the club of throwing him under the bus and said he had no relationship with boss Slot.
Salah’s relationship with the under pressure Slot has been tested multiple times this season
‘I could not believe I was sitting on the bench for 90 minutes,’ he said. ‘That’s the third time. It’s the first time in my career I think.
‘(I am) very disappointed, I have done so much for this club over the years, especially last season. It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That’s how I feel.
‘Someone wants me to get all the blame. The club promised me a lot in summer. Now I’m on bench so I can say they haven’t kept those promises.
‘I used to have a good relationship (with manager Slot). Now we don’t have any relationship and I don’t know why.
‘It seems like someone does not want me in the club.
‘I called my mum and dad and told them to come to the Brighton game. It doesn’t matter if I play or not. I’m going to enjoy it. I’m just going to be at Anfield and say goodbye to the fans before the African Cup of Nations, because I don’t know what is going to happen when I am there.
‘It’s not acceptable to me to be fair. If I was somewhere else, every club would protect its players. Now, it’s “Throw Mo under the bus because he is a problem in a team”. I don’t think I am a problem.
‘I am not fighting for my position every day because I have earned it. I am not bigger than the club. I am not bigger than anything. But I have earned it.’
Salah’s latest outburst comes amid a hugely disappointing personal season for the forward.
Having won the Premier League’s Player of the Season award in 2024-25 after scoring 29 goals and adding 18 assists, he has netted just seven times this time around and only set up six goals.
Salah will have one final opportunity to play at Anfield next Sunday when Liverpool host Brentford in their final game of the campaign before he brings the curtain down on his glittering career at the club.
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