Wayne Rooney accuses Mo Salah of DESTROYING Liverpool legacy - ‘Not acceptable’

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Wayne Rooney believes Mohamed Salah has destroyed his Liverpool legacy with his explosive jibes at Arne Slot . The Egyptian forward placed his future at Anfield in huge doubt with his comments that he no longer had a relationship with the Dutchman.

Salah also revealed that he felt he had been ‘thrown under the bus’ by the club, while he hinted at a potential January exit. Those claims have left Salah in a very difficult position at Anfield.

Former Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has now given his verdict and claimed that Salah’s interview shouldn't have happened. "Arne Slot has to show his authority and pull him in and say 'you are not travelling with the team, what you said is not acceptable'," said on the BBC’s Wayne Rooney Show.

"Take yourself off to Afcon and let everything calm down. If I was him there would be no way he would be in the team."

"It needs to be sorted out quickly either way," he added. "He is absolutely destroying his legacy at Liverpool . It would be sad for him to throw it all away. He's gone about it all wrong."

Salah’s comments come amid a difficult season for Liverpool and the Egyptian forward himself. The Reds have endured a woeful title defence and sit ninth in the Premier League table - already ten points behind leaders Arsenal .

Salah, 33, has scored just five goals in 19 appearances in all competitions, that form seeing him benched by Slot in each of the last three games. Rooney has claimed that was always bound to happen given Salah’s age and believes the forward will soon wish he had never spoken out.

He added: "Time catches up with all of us, and this season he hasn't looked as his best, at his sharpest. You want to see him roll his sleeves up and say 'ok then, I'll show you'.

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"To have the arrogance to say he doesn't have to earn his place because he has already earned his place, you need to be at your best every week to try and stay in the team.

"If I was one of his team-mates, I wouldn't be happy at all with what he said because this is where Liverpool need him most. If anything, he has thrown Liverpool under the bus with his words.

"He's been absolutely incredible for Liverpool, but this was disrespectful to his team-mates, manager and fans.

"I would imagine he will be very quiet around the training ground and that will bring a negative energy in itself to the new players Arne has bedded in. I am sure over the next couple of years he will regret saying what he has."

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