What makes Mohamed Salah so special? Team-mates, rivals and managers lift lid on Liverpool superstar.
Mohamed Salah has been the Premier League’s best player since he signed for Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah has scored 70 goals in his first 100 Premier League appearances for Liverpool.
He claimed the prestigious PFA Player of the Year award in his first season at Anfield, pipping Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne thanks to a stunning 32-goal haul in the Premier League.
Inevitably there were some who thought the Egyptian would prove to be a ‘one season wonder’ - but they have been well and truly silenced.
With 70 goals in his first 100 Premier League appearances Salah has been the most prolific player in England since the summer of 2017. Only Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has scored more goals than Salah in this period across Europe’s elite leagues.
Salah has won back-to-back golden boot awards and with 16 league goals this season - three short of top scorer Jamie Vardy - there’s every chance he could add a third to his individual trophy collection.
His trajectory to becoming a potential Ballon d’Or winner wasn’t straightforward though. There were bumps along the road, most notably a failed stint at the Reds’ Premier League rivals Chelsea.
"I played against Basel in the Champions League,” says Jose Mourinho. “Salah was a kid at Basel. When I play against a certain team I analyse a team and players for quite a long time.
"And I fell in love with that kid. I bought the kid.”
Although he won’t admit it, Mourinho gave up on Salah too quickly at Chelsea. The man who has coaxed the best oWhat ut of the mercurial forward is Jurgen Klopp.
Such was Salah’s individual brilliance during those early days, there was a time when Klopp couldn’t escape an interview without being asked about the star in his front three.
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