Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah called on a popular fan account on Wednesday for ‘non-re-inherent’ former teammates Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez after a post on social media had mocked their departure of the season.
Salah recorded an exception to a post X With images of the DUO left in black and white about new signing sessions Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak with the caption: «Name a larger upgrade in football history.»
«What about celebrating the big signing sessions without not respecting the PL champions (Premier League)?» Salah shot back on X and defended his colleague attackers who helped Liverpool claim her 20th league title.
The Anfield Edition site, which has more than half a million followers, quickly apologized. «It was not the intention not to respect, more to emphasize the incredible transfers this summer. But we are sorry,» posted it with a photo of Salah on a throne.
After a summer of grand movements that the Colombian winger Diaz saw to Bayern Munich, the Splash came for 75 million euros (USD 87.80 million), while Nunez had joined Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal for a reported 53 million euros.
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Liverpool then splashed the money on replacements and signed Wirtz for 116 million pounds (USD 156.70 million) with add-ons before he hit the British transfer record to win Isak for 125 million pounds.
While Diaz made an important contribution to the title Triumph van Liverpool with 13 goals and seven assists from 36 games, Nunez had difficulty leaving his mark and only five times in 30 games.
Although he remained popular in Anfield for his working speed, Nunez was against a hard mockery on social media for missed opportunities.
Last month, Salah also went to social media to criticize UEFA’s tribute to the late Suleiman al-Obeid, known as the ‘Palestinian Pele’, after the administrative body of European football could not refer to the circumstances surrounding his death.
«Can you tell us how he died, where and why?» Salah wrote. According to the Van Obeid family, he was killed by an Israeli tank shell while standing in line to collect food in Gaza.
Published on 03 September 2025