Mohamed Salah's Liverpool future continues to hang in the balance but pundit Paul Merson has rushed to the defence of last season's Premier League leading scorer

Former England star Paul Merson has come to the defence of Mohamed Salah after the Liverpool forward's 'thrown under the bus' comments. Salah was left out of Liverpool's squad for their Champions League win against Inter Milan in midweek and it remains to be seen whether he leaves Anfield in January.

Player and club will have a forced separation in a few days when Salah heads off to the Africa Cup of Nations . A lot can change between now and when he returns, with Liverpool playing three more league games before the AFCON group stage wraps up.

Liverpool will be forced to find a way to play without Salah in the coming we

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