Florian Wirtz has dismissed any suggestions of the Liverpool players turning against Arne Slot after liking Mohamed Salah’s controversial post on Instagram.

Salah is set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season and has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The Egyptian has looked like the shadow of the player who won the PFA Player of the Year award last season as Liverpool marched to the league title under Slot.

After being dropped from the eleven, Salah sparked controversy in December, when he claimed that it felt like the club had thrown him under the bus, citing a fallout with Slot.

While it seemed like the pair had worked on rebuilding the relationship, Salah dropped a bombshell claim last weekend. In the wake of Liverpool’s 4-2 loss against Aston Villa, he delivered a message on social media, which many believe was a direct dig at Slot for the Reds’ poor performances.

Several Liverpool players, including Wirtz, liked the post and it sparked rumors of the players turning against Slot. However, the German has now opened up on the whole situation.

In an interview with The Athletic, Wirtz stated that he likes dropped by him and the others were blown out of proportion. He also added that Salah is someone who you can listen to because he has a lot of experience. The attacker also insisted that Salah was not attacking anyone with his comments.

Wirtz commented:

“No, nothing like that. I like Mo’s mentality in general — how he sees things, how he works. He’s a guy you can listen to, because he has seen a lot.

“He wasn’t attacking anyone. With the ‘likes’ players gave, I think it was made too big. For me, it was just a thing that he wanted to say because he’s leaving.

“He wanted to make everyone in the club alert that we have to work more and do better.”

Salah is set for an emotional farewell at Anfield on Sunday as Liverpool host Brentford in the final game of the Premier League season.

‘Selfish’ Mo Salah must be dropped from Liverpool farewell game, claims Wayne Rooney

Manchester United icon Wayne Rooney has slammed Salah for his controversial post after the Aston Villa game. The Englishman insisted that Salah is being extremely selfish by publicly going against Slot.

Rooney also believes Slot should consider dropping Salah from the line-up for the final game of the season, despite it being his last for the club.

He stated:

“I think time catches [Salah] … He’s had a very poor season. I think he can have these issues inside the club.

“So I think he’s been very selfish in what he’s done in the two occasions. I’ve questioned Arne Slot as well, but that’s your manager. You can’t publicly disrespect him twice the way he has and get away with it.

If I was Arne Slot, I’d have to pull rank and just say, listen — you’re not coming anywhere near the place on Saturday, whether you like it or not. I really doubt he will do it, but I think he should.”

Salah has scored 257 goals and registered 122 assists during his time with Liverpool. He still has another year left on his contract at Anfield, but decided to leave early.