Former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann has hit out at claims by Gary Neville insisting Mohamed Salah 'played' Liverpool during contract negotiations.
Salah become the highest-paid player in Liverpool's history when he penned a new three-year deal on Friday afternoon, which is expected to see him earn £350,000 per week and there is potential for that number to rise closer to £400,000 if he meets performance-related add-ons.
Shortly after Salah's contract was announced on Friday evening, former Manchester United defender Nevile took to Twitter to seemingly aim a dig at the Reds.
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"Salah has played them hasn't he" the now Sky Sports pundit Tweeted with a series of laughing emojis.
Nevile has come under plenty of fire for his bizarre take on the news Salah has extended his stay on Merseyside, in what can only have been tweeted in a tongue-in-cheek tone, and now Hamann has been the latest to call out the strange claim.
"Played them by scoring 30 + goals every season," tweeted the former Liverpool man who was part of the Reds' historic 2005 Champions League triumph.
Since joining Liverpool from Roma in the summer of 2017, Salah has shattered numerous of club records and even managed to break into the club's top-ten scoring charts with a staggering total of 156 goals.
Additionally, the Egyptian has won three Premier League golden boots.
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