Mohamed Salah told apology not enough as Liverpool star urged to take action

Mohamed Salah has been told his public rant at Leeds warrants further consequences, with the Liverpool superstar currently away on international duty with Egypt

Mohamed Salah has been told to apologise publicly for his comments(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Mohamed Salah has been urged to apologize publicly for his scathing comments that rocked the soccer world.

The Liverpool legend stunned English soccer following the Reds' 3-3 draw with Leeds earlier this month, when he accused the club of throwing him "under the bus." In what was the third league game in a row that Arne Slot had dropped the Egyptian to the bench, the fuming Salah suggested that someone at the club wanted him to leave, while also claiming his relationship with the Dutch boss had completely broken down.

Slot's reaction was to leave him out of the matchday squad for the Reds' 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League, but Salah did make a return to the bench in their 2-0 win against Brighton, in which he assisted Hugo Ekitike for his second goal.

With the 33-year-old now on national team duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, it was his teammate in Curtis Jones who revealed the Liverpool squad were given an apology by Salah.

Jones' admission, however, was not enough for ex-Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha, who insisted it should have been Salah himself to come out and apologize for the chaos he caused.

Speaking on Football Focus, the 39-year-old said: "I personally would have liked Mohamed Salah to come out and apologize rather than someone coming out and saying he had done so.

Mohamed Salah apologised to his team-mates after his public rant (Image: Getty Images)

"Fundamentally, he came out and made the comments he did in the mixed zone, which caused all this issue, so he is capable of coming out and saying something else to apologize for what that brought to the club."

Despite the turmoil surrounding Liverpool amid Salah's comments and the form of the team, Jones suggested his public outburst is part and parcel of his elite winning mentality.

It was during his conversation with Sky Sports that the England international said: "Mo is his own man and he can say his own stuff.

"He apologized 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. 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.

Curtis Jones said Salah's comments were part of him being a winner(Image: Getty Images)

"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."