Rio Ferdinand doesn’t think that Liverpool should drop Mohamed Salah despite his recent poor form.

The Egyptian King may have scored a few goals here and there, but by his usual standards, he’s been miles off the pace.

Arne Slot has chosen to start Federico Chiesa over him a couple of times already this season, but even the Italian hasn’t been at his best this term.

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Due to Salah’s underperformance, some fans have called for Liverpool to drop him to the bench or even move him on.

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Ferdinand thinks this stance is “crazy” and believes that the Egyptian King should still be one of the Reds’ key men.

There’s no hiding from the fact that Salah hasn’t been his usual self this season.

However, the attacker recently got his 250th goal for the Anfield outfit and is one of the main reasons why they won the Premier League title last term.

Things haven’t been the best in L4 this term, but after they spent over £450 million on new players, a bit of a transitional period was to be expected.

And even though the Reds haven’t been in the...