00:02In 2015 Mohamed Salah's time at Chelsea
00:04quietly came to an end.
00:07Only two years later, he returned to England
00:09and made more goal contributions for one club
00:12than anyone in Premier League history.
00:15So what changed?
00:16He didn't just rewrite his own story.
00:19From the man who can do no wrong!
00:21He became the Egyptian king.
00:24One of the greatest players the world has ever seen.
00:27Mohamed Salah, Salah, steal! Oh, I say! It's Salah!
00:40In 1992, in a village three hours north of Egypt's capital Cairo,
00:44a young boy by the name of Mohamed was born.
00:47Football was played barefoot in the streets of Nagreg,
00:51conditions that demand resilience and toughness.
00:55Mohamed was a gifted left foot dribbler with blistering speed,
00:58but he knew it would take more than just talent to make it.
01:01Age 14, he signed for Al Makhloun in Cairo.
01:05Only spending two hours in school and making a brutal nine hour round trip every day
01:09just to get to training.
01:11The hard work, the sacrifice, would be the making of a legend.
01:18In 2012, he made his first big move away from home, joining FC Basel in Switzerland.
01:24He won two Super League titles and the 2013 Swiss Player of the Year award.
01:29But his breakthrough moment would come in the Champions League clashes against Chelsea.
01:34But his standout performances were too good to ignore for Jose Mourinho.
01:39London was calling for the up and coming superstar, but the road ahead was a bumpy one.
01:56While Juan Mata and Kevin De Bruyne were saying their goodbyes at Stamford Bridge,
02:00Jose Mourinho was plotting how to fill a creative hole in Chelsea's midfield.
02:15His goal against Arsenal and Man of the Match performance against Stoke
02:22made it look like he would live up to all the hype.
02:26But Chelsea's squad was stacked.
02:28It's opened up for Hazard, Eto'o, Eden Hazard.
02:31We have just seen perfection on a football pitch.
02:35Eden Hazard, André Schürrle, William, Oskar.
02:39The young Salah just couldn't compete.
02:42It's his second miss of the first half.
02:45It is impressive, step by step.
02:47It was not a surprise for me that when he arrived, he was a little bit outside his natural habitat.
02:53You know, a kid from Egypt playing in a good team.
02:59His career was at a crossroads.
03:02He just wasn't ready physically or emotionally for top flight Premier League football.
03:08Certainly not at a big club like Chelsea as a 21-year-old.
03:12It was on loan in Italy where we first saw glimpses of what was to come.
03:16By changing the way he lived and trained, he made an immediate impact in Quarantina,
03:21scoring six goals in his first seven appearances.
03:24He moved to AS Roma on a permanent transfer, winning the Player of the Year award
03:28and firing them to second in Serie A.
03:31As he topped data charts across Europe, he was once again catching the eye of the Premier League.
03:40Salah had unfinished business in England.
03:42In 2017, Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were quietly building something special.
03:48Well, not so quietly.
03:58Now 25 and entering his peak years, it was now or never for Mo.
04:02The raw data was coming back saying that he could cut it in the Premier League
04:06and actually when he'd had his chance in the Chelsea team, he'd done okay.
04:09Other clubs were looking going, he's not going to be able to cut it in the Premier League
04:12because he's had his chance.
04:13Liverpool went, well actually we think he can.
04:16But his arrival at Liverpool wasn't met with massive hype given his previous spell in the Premier League.
04:22A lot of people, myself included, thought they'd overpaid for Mo Salah
04:26because this was a player that hadn't shown that he had the physicality
04:30or really the ability to score goals at Premier League level but how wrong we were.
04:35Goalkeeper is stranded, Firmino goes for Loft and Salah touches it in.
04:41A goal on his debut for the Egyptian.
04:43He was fantastic against the D and deserves man of the match.
04:46This Egyptian star is lighting up the Premier League.
04:50Brilliant!
04:51Salah!
04:53Oh, he's done it!
04:54Hitting insane numbers in his first season, he scored 32 Premier League goals, earning him the golden boot.
05:00Mo Salah!
05:01Patrick in front of the Kop!
05:03The unstoppable Egyptian!
05:06The most goals ever in a 38-game Premier League season!
05:11He even beat Luis Suarez's record for the most goals in a single season by a Liverpool player.
05:17They will talk about him for decades!
05:19When I came back, it's always in my mind to be 100% or even more to success here.
05:25Well, currently, is he the closest thing to Lionel Messi on the planet?
05:32But the question now was…
05:33Can you do it again next season?
05:35Yeah, I would, I would, don't worry.
05:37His answer was definitive.
05:39Here is Andy Robertson, there's Salah, open for business as per usual.
05:45It's taken less than 19 minutes.
05:48In the space of four years, he transformed from a Chelsea reject to Liverpool's main man.
05:56That is beyond special!
05:59And Salah, yes!
06:02Hitting 22 goals and grabbing eight assists in the 2018-19 season.
06:05Brilliantly done!
06:07While they fell just short of the title that year, Liverpool didn't have to wait long.
06:11He found that he had a click with Klopp and it was really a relationship that, over the years, bore
06:16so much success for both of them.
06:18They ran away with the league in 2020.
06:20Onside here, Mo Salah.
06:21Salah to settle it!
06:23In front of the Kop!
06:26The perch is looking strong again.
06:29Salah was at his brilliant best in a devastating trio alongside Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
06:34It's unbelievable the intensity we put in the game.
06:38It's really… I can ask for a lot, but then still the players have to deliver and they do.
06:43Consistency, killer instinct and sheer relentlessness proved to be the winning recipe as domestic cups flowed on Merseyside.
07:06It's so hard to compete and to keep getting better and better and it's only these players like Mo Salah
07:12who really do drive themselves right to the top of the game.
07:18His list of awards was getting longer and longer.
07:23And he overtook Robbie Fowler to become Liverpool's all-time top scorer in the Premier League.
07:33The team around him changed over the years and even Klopp departed, but Salah was a constant as the club
07:39entered into a new era.
07:41And despite turning 30, he just kept getting better.
07:44World class from Mohamed Salah!
07:51The 2024-25 season was mind-blowing.
07:55You're now at 30 goals for the season, all competitions. Fifth time in eight seasons. Are you better than ever?
08:01I prefer now because of just winning the league, doing your best and helping the team, helping younger players as
08:08well. It's incredible.
08:09In scoring 29 times and providing 18 assists…
08:12With the delivery and the pace that he put on, that is just world class for Mo Salah.
08:16…he became the first player in Premier League history to record more than 40 goal involvements in two separate seasons,
08:22firing Liverpool to their 20th league title.
08:24Signed, sealed, and delivered!
08:27He was the epitome of hard work and persistence.
08:31These are glory days! Unbreakable! Unstoppable!
08:37Churning out stats that were hard to fathom and redefining what was possible for wide forwards.
08:44Never giving up, no matter how out of reach the dream seemed.
08:48Just like when he was a child.
08:51From the most humble beginnings, Mo Salah is true evidence that hard work, determination and self-belief can take you
08:58to the very top of the world.
09:02There is no show like a Mo show for Liverpool!
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