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<\/p>\nMohamed Salah brought the curtain down on his trophy-laden spell as a Liverpool player against Brentford last month – but he had one final wish before he left<\/p>\n
Mohamed Salah appears emotional as he applauds the fans following his final appearance for the club(Image: Jack Thomas, Getty Images)<\/p>\n
When Mohamed Salah talks, people in the football world tend to stop and listen. And it is easy to understand why. The forward certainly hasn\u2019t been afraid to speak his mind this season.<\/p>\n
Having already claimed that he was being scapegoated for the Reds\u2019 poor results and that the club had thrown him under a bus, he then told Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> hierarchy he was concerned about standards slipping once he departed.<\/p>\n But no one was quite prepared for what was to come on the afternoon of Saturday, May 16, as the inquest into Liverpool\u2019s 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa continued; Salah took to social media to deliver a withering assessment of Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> style of play and called for a return to the \u201cheavy metal attacking team that opponents fear\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI 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,\u201d he wrote<\/p>\n \u201cThat 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.\u201d<\/p>\n The post on social media was a clear dig at Arne Slot <\/a>and his style of play. Intriguingly, the post was also \u201cliked\u201d by Florian Wirtz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones, Hugo Ekitike, Andy Robertson<\/a>, Jeremie Frimpong, Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch<\/a>, Giovanni Leoni, Calvin Ramsay and Wataru Endo.<\/p>\n But Salah\u2019s wish was clear. He wanted to see the club return the high-octane approach that helped secure Champions League<\/a> and Premier League<\/a> success under Klopp.<\/p>\n Jurgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah during their time together at Liverpool (Image: Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images)<\/p>\n But as Salah waved goodbye to the Anfield<\/a> faithful following the last game of the season against Brentford, Slot very much maintained the backing of Fenway Sports Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n But that was until last Saturday when, shortly after 12pm, the news that blindsided the football world was confirmed and Slot had been sacked following an end-of-season review that decreed his playing style was no longer the right fit.<\/p>\n The Dutchman, who had often deployed a very pragmatic approach, had only been informed hours before the decision was made public, but the club\u2019s statement made clear a change of approach was required.<\/p>\n \u201cNevertheless, the conclusion we have come to is built on a belief that the team\u2019s trajectory is best addressed through a change of direction,\u201d a paragraph from the club statement read.<\/p>\n \u201cThat does not diminish the work Arne has done here, or the respect we have for him. Nor is it a reflection of his talents. Rather, it is indicative of the need for a different approach.\u201d<\/p>\n And then what Andoni Iraola<\/a> said on Thursday after he signed a two-year deal to become Liverpool’s head coach would have been music to Salah’s ears.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I have the advantage that I’ve been here already three years in the Premier League and people for sure have seen Bournemouth play,\u201d he said when asked what supporters can expect.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are some things that obviously we need to change coaching Liverpool.<\/a> But I wouldn’t like to lose our identity, the intensity, the aggressiveness, the organisation, certain things that I would like always to have in my team.<\/p>\n New Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola(Image: Nikki Dyer – LFC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n \u201cObviously you have to adapt to the players you have and it’s not the same, one club or the other, but there are fundamentals that I also think match quite well [with] what Liverpool has been during a lot of years that I think we can make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n In the Premier League this season, Iraola’s Bournemouth attacked quicker and with fewer passes in the build-up than Slot’s Liverpool, and supporters are craving a return to a more front-footed style of football that will get them back on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n And while Salah, who had been integral to the success that has seen them win the Champions League<\/a>, two Premier League<\/a> titles, the FA Cup<\/a>, the Carabao Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, will instead head to pastures new rather than return to Anfield following the World Cup, he will do so knowing that his wish for the club to return a \u201cheavy metal\u201d approach has been granted.<\/p>\n FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo’s dedicated LFC Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n Upgrade your World Cup TV setup with the Sky Glass ‘designed for football’<\/p>\n This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more<\/a> from \u00a34.50<\/p>\n Sky<\/p>\n![\"Jurgen](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_GettyImages-1813807905.jpg\")
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