00:05ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:12SINCE MOHAMMED SALAH MOVED TO LIVERPOOL IN 2017, THE EGYPTIAN HAS PLAYED HIS WAY ONTO THE SHORTLIST OF WORLD LEADERS
00:20WITH HIS GOALS AND ASSISTS.
00:24TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY AND A FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ALL TESTIFY TO HIS
00:33INFLUENCE IN RED.
00:37INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE REWARDED WITH THREE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2025, AFTER HELPING LIVERPOOL TO A SURPRISE
00:47PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS.
00:50THAT'S WHY FOR ME THIS ONE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SPECIAL.
00:52THIS PREMIER LEAGUE COMING BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY AND JUST LIKE ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE
00:59WITH THE CLUB AND MAKE THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:01AND I THINK I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MANJER.
01:03I TOLD HIM, HE WAS VERY, I WAS VERY HONEST WITH HIM.
01:07I TOLD HIM, LIKE, WITH ME, YOU'RE GOING TO WIN THE PRIMARY LEAGUE, BUT I HAVE TO FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE
01:13WITH IT, WITH THE WAY WE PLAY.
01:15AND HE WAS VERY HONEST.
01:16I HAD A FEW HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
01:18AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY, I WILL GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU, THEN I WILL PUT YOU IN A
01:21SITUATION THAT YOU'RE VERY COMFY, BUT I NEED YOU TO PROVIDE NUMBERS.
01:25SO, YEAH, I DID THAT SO WELL AND, YEAH, IN THE END WE WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, SO THAT'S WHY
01:32IT'S SO SPECIAL.
01:35AT THE END OF THAT SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, SALAH WAS THE THIRD-HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN LIVERPOOL'S HISTORY, BUT WITHIN STRIKING
01:43DISTANCE OF ROGER HUNT AND IAN RUSH.
01:48IF HE'S A PLAYER WHO RETIRED TOMORROW, WE'VE GENUALLY BE TALKED ABOUT HIM AS ONE OF LIVERPOOL'S GREAT FORWARDS.
01:55HE'S THE BIGGEST STRIKER LFC HAD IN THE MODERN TIMES.
01:58OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE OTHER GOOD STRIKERS, REALLY GOOD STRIKERS, BUT FANTASTIC PLAYER, FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING, OUTSTANDING ATHLETE, BEST AMBASSADOR YOUR
02:08COUNTRY COULD HAVE.
02:09FANTASTIC, REALLY, IN PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS.
02:12SO I HOPE HE WILL STAY AT LIVERPOOL.
02:15FIRST OF ALL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN JUDGED AS A PLAYER.
02:18HE'S ALWAYS JUDGED AS A PLAYER, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO.
02:21BUT I ALSO SEE HIM AS A HUMAN BEING, AND HE'S A HUMBLE PERSON, ALWAYS WANTS TO WORK HARD, ALWAYS
02:27PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT IN TO BECOME THE PLAYER HE HAS BECOME.
02:32AND HE WANTS TO STAY AT THAT LEVEL, SO HE JUST KEEPS ON BRINGING THAT EFFORT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
02:37AND WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL ON THE PITCH IS, IN MY OPINION, THAT HE CAN SCORE GOALS.
02:42NOW, THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE GOALS, BUT MO CAN ALSO SCORE A GOAL IF HE'S NOT IN
02:47THE BEST HALF HOUR OR THE BEST 15 MINUTES.
02:51AND THAT'S WHY HE'S MENTALLY SO STRONG AS WELL.
02:54AND YOU NEED TO BE THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVERY
02:59THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
03:00APART FROM QUALITY, ABOUT FROM PHYSIC, YOU NEED TO BE MENTALLY REALLY STRONG AS WELL.
03:04AND I THINK THAT'S, APART FROM ALL THE OTHER THINGS, HOW MENTALLY STRONG HE IS, IS PROBABLY WHAT STANDS OUT.
03:15SALAH FIRST CAME TO PROMINENCE IN 2012, WHEN HE MOVED FROM AL MOKOLUN TO BASIL, AFTER THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
03:23WAS SUSPENDED
03:24FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 74 FANS IN THE PORT SAID STADIUM RIOT.
03:32HE SCORED GOALS AGAINST CHELSEA IN BOTH THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHILE IN SWITZERLAND.
03:39SO THE BLUES PROMPTLY SIGNED HIM.
03:43BUT UNDER JOSE MARINO, PLAYING TIME WAS LIMITED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ON LONE TO FIORENTINA.
03:52SALAH CAME ALIVE AGAIN IN FLORENCE, BUT OUTRAGED THE VIOLA WHEN HE CRITICIZED THE CLUB FOR ITS MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL
04:00STANDARDS,
04:01CHOOSING ROMA AS HIS NEXT LONE DESTINATION.
04:07TWO SEASONS LATER HE WAS A CONSISTENT GOAL SCORER IN SERIAR, ROMA'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR,
04:13AND WORTHY OF LIVERPOOL BREAKING THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO BRING HIM TO ANFIELD.
04:21THE GLARING OMISSION ON SALAH'S CV IS SUCCESS WITH EGYPT.
04:27HIS SOLITARY WORLD CUP IN 2018 WAS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
04:32NEVER FULLY FIT, SALAH ONLY PLAYED TWO GROUP PHASE MATCHES AS EGYPT WERE HUMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS TO EURAGUAY, RUSSIA
04:41AND SAUDI ARABIA.
04:44AFCON HAS ALSO PROVEN A FRUSTRATION.
04:47IN 2017 SALAH HAD TO WATCH CAMERON CELEBRATE AFTER HE FAILED TO FIRE IN A 2-1 FINAL DEFEAT.
04:55THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SPOT KICK AS SENNAGAL PREVAILED IN A PENALTY
05:02SHOOTOUT.
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