Gary Neville can’t believe what Liverpool haven’t done surrounding Mo Salah contract saga

Mohamed Salah's Liverpool declaration concern continues to rumble on, with the Egyptian yet to hold a caller woody with the Reds - but Gary Neville doesn't deliberation he's to blame

Gary Neville has had his accidental connected the Mohamed Salah declaration saga, insisting helium can't judge however Liverpool person handled negotiations.

Salah precocious sparked controversy by expressing his "disappointment" implicit the club's nonaccomplishment to connection him a caller deal. With his existent declaration acceptable to expire astatine season's end, Liverpool hazard losing the 32-year-old connected a escaped transportation unless they necktie him down to a caller deal.

Following his two-goal haul successful Liverpool's triumph implicit Southampton connected Sunday, Salah caused a disturbance by telling reporters helium felt "more retired than in", which seemed similar a strategical determination to velocity up oregon initiate declaration talks. Reds icon Jamie Carragher wasn't thrilled with the timing of the comments, considering the information that captious games against Real Madrid and Manchester City were close astir the corner, and labelled the guardant "selfish".

However, the Anfield faithful didn't echo the ex-defender's sentiment and alternatively welcomed Salah with unfastened arms arsenic helium took to the tract to instrumentality connected Madrid successful the Champions League connected Wednesday night. Speaking connected the It's Called Soccer podcast, Neville praised him for managing the concern "brilliantly", successful spite of the ongoing tension.

"Mo Salah astatine this infinitesimal successful clip is doing a superb occupation connected the pitch, but he's besides doing a precise bully occupation disconnected the pitch," the Manchester United fable said. "He's balancing. He isn't anserine capable to alienate himself from the fans due to the fact that helium recognises that would beryllium precise short-lived successful Liverpool. So he's fundamentally talking precise fondly astir the fans and however helium loves the nine and he's precise passionate.

"But he's also, connected the different broadside of it, sending a connection to the hierarchy. He's adjacent [avoided] alienating the manager, truthful [he loves] the manager, the fans and the club, but he's saying to the benignant of sporting manager oregon owners, he's applying a spot of unit to them, which means the fans mightiness [do the same]."

According to the Liverpool Echo, Salah is anxious to enactment astatine Liverpool and talks with his agent, Ramy Abbas, are ongoing. However, a decision is yet to beryllium reached. The Egypt planetary is reportedly earning £350,000-a-week, and portion the specifics of his declaration demands aren't known, indications are that he's reluctant to instrumentality a wage cut.

Continuing, Neville said helium couldn't recognize the crushed down Salah's deficiency of clarity, but suggested that Liverpool's program whitethorn person ever been to beryllium down with the ex-Chelsea prima aft Christmas and hammer retired a deal.

"I deliberation Liverpool volition spell to Mo Salah astatine immoderate point. I don't cognize wherefore they aren't communicating with him," helium said. "I can't judge Liverpool wouldn't person done that.

"It would astonishment maine if Liverpool arsenic a shot nine - with their acquisition of handling transfers and recruitment brilliantly for many, galore years - haven't said to Salah's cause a fewer months agone oregon astatine the commencement of the season, 'shall we beryllium down aft Christmas and look astatine this successful January?'

"'We're some mature, we cognize you've got six months left, let's spot however the play goes, spot whether you're enjoying it, spot whether we're enjoying it'. That would person been the smartest happening to person done."

Salah has been perfectly sizzling this season, bagging 10 goals successful 12 Premier League matches truthful far. He's besides scored 12 successful each competitions, and had the accidental to marque it 13 successful against Madrid aft earning a punishment successful the 2nd half; however, his effort sailed wide of Thibaut Courtois' post. Nevertheless, Liverpool clinched a 2-0 victory.

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