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Gary Lineker thinks Mohamed Salah had his own selfish reason for putting Arne Slot on blast

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Mohamed Salah’s explosive comments about Arne Slot have now been addressed by Gary Lineker in the aftermath of a big weekend at Liverpool. What did you make of Salah’s explosive statement before his last game for the club?



This sounds like it was aimed at Slot… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC Lineker and Alan Shearer are the latest to dissect the drama, with Lineker suggesting there may have been an ulterior motive behind the Egyptian’s statement.Gary Lineker suggests Mo Salah statement is self-serving Salah is one of Liverpool’s true greats, so it makes sense that he wants to maintain the standards at a club where he has won it all.But doing so a week out from the season’s end feels like more than an obligation to the truth.Speaking about the situation, Shearer argued that Salah had picked the wrong moment to go public with his frustration.He told Lineker on The Rest Is Football: “There’s a time and a place in I don’t think that was the right time. He hasn’t he hasn’t exactly been brilliant this season either, Mo Salah, has he?”Lineker then suggested that Salah may have been trying to protect his own image by pointing towards the way Liverpool have played under Slot.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesHe said: “No.

And he’s probably covered himself a little bit by saying that’s that’s why, because the way they’ve played, I suppose, but it’s not ideal.”Salah’s status means his words carry enormous weight. “Yeah. a bit disappointing because he’s contributed so much to Liverpool for such a long time.“As for Slot I mean all the intimations were that he was he was they were going to stick with him this I don’t know whether that will change.” What does Arne Slot have to do to win you back next season❓💭 Credit: James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images This is a debate set to rage on for the rest of the season.