Ex-Premier League boss calls on Liverpool to 'ban' Mohamed Salah following Arne Slot criticism

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah recently criticized the club's move away from 'heavy metal' soccer -Credit:Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images Former Everton and Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce has revealed he would bar Mohamed Salah from his Liverpool farewell if he were in charge. Salah, 33, is poised to draw the curtain on his nine-year stint at Anfield when the Reds host Brentford on Sunday. The two-time Premier League winner has found himself out of favor under Arne Slot after seeing his output decline this season.

And after suggesting he had been made a scapegoat by certain figures at the club in December, Salah launched another public outburst following Friday's 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa. The veteran winger took to social media to lament the "heavy metal" soccer once delivered under Jurgen Klopp, in what amounted to a thinly veiled dig at Slot's approach. Those remarks have been met with significant backlash, with Allardyce joining the growing chorus of criticism directed at his choice to publicly vent his frustrations before the season's conclusion, via The Mirror .

Spurs and West Ham's Premier League relegation battle set for dramatic final chapter Guillermo Ochoa shares touching statement ahead of record sixth FIFA World Cup Sam Allardyce believes Salah should be dropped from Liverpool's team for the last game of the season -Credit:Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images "If Mohamed Salah is going to say those kinds of things, then say it when you've left," he stated on the ' No Tippy Tappy Football ' podcast. "Don't say it when you're still there, as if you're bigger than the football club. "If I were the Liverpool owners, I would ban him.

I'd be thinking, 'Who do you think you are? You're not bigger than this football club'. " AFC Bournemouth's subsequent draw against Manchester City on Tuesday has all but secured Liverpool's UEFA Champions League berth for next season.