Ex-England defender Stuart Pearce has criticised Liverpool for denying Mohamed Salah a chance to play at the 2020 Olympic Games.
The 29-year-old's request to join his country in Tokyo has repeatedly been denied by his club.
And Pearce thinks Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are wrong for stopping Salah from competing at the tournament.
"Of course Jurgen Klopp doesn't want Salah at the Olympics because he's supposed to look after the interests of Liverpool Football Club," Pearce told talkSPORT.
"You want Mo Salah to stay, but if I was a manager of a club or a coach I would never, ever stop a player representing his country, whatever level that might be.
"If I was a manager at any club and a player came to me and said to me, 'I want to represent my country, I would not be selfish enough to turn around and say, 'no'.
"All the international experiences I've had as a footballer, the biggest achievement of my football career is captaining my country.
"For me to then step into the world of management and have a total sea change, which managers do, by the way, all of a sudden international managers ring me up and say 'release this player, release that player' then they become club managers and try to block their players."