Mohamed Salah has apologised to his Liverpool team-mates following his explosive interview where he said he had been ‘thrown under the bus’ by the club, says Curtis Jones.
Salah’s future at the Reds has been a source of speculation since his comments their 3-3 draw at Leeds United in the Premier League on December 6.
The 33-year-old was unhappy after being an unused substitute at Elland Road – the third straight game he had started on the bench.
As a result of his rant, he was omitted from Liverpool’s Champions League win at Inter Milan but came on a substitute during the Anfield outfit’s victory over Brighton last Saturday.
And speaking about the situation, Jones has revealed that Salah has since said sorry to his team-mates.
Mohamed Salah’s apology to Liverpool team-mates
‘Mo is his own man and he can say his own stuff. He apologised to us and was like, “If I’ve affected anybody or made you feel any sort of way, I apologise”. That’s the man that he is,’ Jones told Sky Sports.
‘I can only speak from me knowing Mo and how he is with us and how he acted on that. He was positive as well. He was the exact same Mo, he had a big smile on his face and everybody was exactly the same with him. I guess it’s just part of wanting to be a winner and I don’t think he will be the last.
‘I get that there are certain ways you can go about things, but if a lad’s fine to just be on the bench and he doesn’t want to play and help the team, then I think that’s more of an issue.
‘When there’s been any sort of anger from us, including myself, it’s always been from a good place. In the moment, it might not have come out in the right way, but it’s never been to affect the team, the staff, the manager, anybody like that.
‘We’re past that now and we’re gelling well as a team, playing well and starting to win games.’
What did Mohamed Salah originally say?
It’s been a turbulent few weeks for Salah who surprised journalists with an impromptu interview after the Leeds United match.
‘I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame,’ the forward said. I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager, and all of a sudden we don’t have any relationship.
‘I don’t know why but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn’t want me in the club.
‘It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.
‘This club, I will always support it. My kids will always support it. I love the club so much and I always will.
‘It [the situation] is not acceptable to me, to be fair. I don’t get it. It’s like I’m being thrown more under the bus. I don’t think I’m the problem. I have done so much for this club.
‘I don’t have to go every day fighting for my position because I earned it. I am not bigger than anyone but I earned my position. It’s football. It is what it is.’
