Steven Gerrard reveals advice he gave Mohamed Salah about his Liverpool exit

Steven Gerrard has revealed he advised Mohamed Salah against departing Liverpool "under a cloud" following the Egyptian forward's public disagreement with manager Arne Slot . Salah confirmed last week that he will leave Anfield this summer, having agreed to terminate his contract a year ahead of schedule. The 33-year-old has endured a challenging season, and in a December post-match interview he claimed to have been "thrown under the bus" by Slot after being relegated to the bench amid a period of poor results.

Salah has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for the club, but former Liverpool captain Gerrard believes Salah's departure at the end of the campaign is in "everyone’s best interests. " "I spoke to him around that interview at the time and sort of said to him, ‘don’t do what you’ve done and go under a cloud’," Gerrard disclosed on The Overlap podcast. Mohamed Salah fell out with Arne Slot earlier this season (PA Wire) He clarified his relationship with Salah, stating, "I spoke to him direct.

He texts me now and again, or I text him – more to do with if I’m going somewhere with Lio (Gerrard’s son), just so Lio can see him, really, but I’m not like close to him. " Gerrard continued, explaining his advice: "But it gave me the opportunity to say to him, ‘look, you’ve been here eight, nine years, you’ve been king here, you’ve got this legacy, just go on your terms, the right way’. " He noted Salah's emotional state at the time, adding, "he was still a little bit emotional from the incident.

He was in and out of the team at the time, he was upset. I just thought it would be a shame if he left in January and he just left (without a goodbye). " Liverpool's head coach, Slot, stated on Wednesday that Salah will "leave the club a legend," acknowledging his contributions since joining from Roma in 2017, which include two Premier League titles and the Champions League .