According to a former Liverpool captain, Mohamed Salah is the most selfish player he has ever witnessed following the forward's controversial spat with manager Jurgen Klopp.
The Egypt star and the German tactician were involved a war of words on the touchline during the Reds' 2-2 draw with West Ham United, which saw the Merseyside club fall further behind Arsenal and Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
It is believed that Klopp said something to the attacker as he was preparing to take the field as a late substitute to ignite his fiery reaction, while the spat also sparked speculation around the 31-year-old's future at Anfield.
Former Reds star Graeme Souness, however, feels the Pharaohs talisman will not be at the club for much longer.
"I believe Mohamed Salah is off and leaving Liverpool. He has been fabulous for Liverpool, but if he leaves to the Saudi Pro League, then he'll be the biggest star in that part of the world," he said on the Three Up Front podcast.
The 70-year-old went to add that he feels Salah should bear the brunt of the responsibility for the fallout with Klopp.
"He no doubt has an exceptionally large opinion of himself, and he'll have been angry at not starting the game against West Ham last week," Souness continued.
"I think the situation with Jurgen Klopp was a reaction to only being brought on with 10 minutes to go – it was more Salah than it was Klopp in that confrontation.
"Salah is the most selfish player I have ever witnessed.
"Even prior to that game, whenever Klopp takes him off, he is never happy about it. That is what you want from your players, if you take them off on two goals, they should want to stay on to score a third.
"When Sadio Mane was there, they'd fall out all the time."
Despite being Liverpool's top scorer so far this season with 24 goals across all competitions, the attacker's form has waned in terms of significant output in recent weeks, netting just once in his past six games, whiule he was also unable to get on the scoresheet when the Reds suffered a 2-0 defeat to bitter rivals Everton earlier this month.
Per Souness, Salah has a tendency to "disappear from a game when the going gets tough", citing their 3-0 defeat to Atalanta in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-final and the side's forgettable trip to Goodison Park as recent examples.
The Scot added that the forward "does not like" the side of the game that would see him "get hurt".
“It ties into the fact that in the last two weeks Liverpool have shown something that I didn’t think they were capable of, they’re getting bullied," Souness explained.
"Everton had too much passion and aggression, and Liverpool got bullied again. You have to be mean and angry to play football, but for whatever reason, that has gone completely from Liverpool's game.
"That is the difference between winning and losing matches. As a Liverpool player, if there's one game where you need to turn up with aggression and fight, it is against Everton.
"Of all the games not to turn up, to perform like that against Everton is unacceptable."
