00:07ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:14SINCE MOHAMMED SALAH MOVED TO LIVERPOOL IN 2017, THE EGYPTIAN HAS PLAYED HIS WAY ONTO THE SHORTLIST OF WORLD LEADERS
00:22WITH HIS GOALS AND ASSISTS.
00:26TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY AND A FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ALL TESTIFY TO HIS
00:35INFLUENCE IN RED.
00:39INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE REWARDED WITH THREE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2025, AFTER HELPING LIVERPOOL TO A SURPRISE
00:49PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS.
00:52THAT'S WHY FOR ME THIS ONE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE SPECIAL.
00:55THIS PREMIER LEAGUE COMING BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY AND JUST LIKE ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE
01:01WITH THE CLUB AND MAKE THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:03AND I THINK I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MANJER.
01:05I TOLD HIM, HE WAS VERY, I WAS VERY HONEST WITH HIM.
01:09I TOLD HIM LIKE, WITH ME, YOU'RE GONNA WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BUT I HAVE TO FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH
01:15THE WAY WE PLAY.
01:17AND HE WAS VERY HONEST AND HAD A FEW HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
01:20AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY, I WILL GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU, THEN I WILL PUT YOU IN A
01:24SITUATION THAT YOU'RE VERY COMFY BUT I NEED YOU TO PROVIDE NUMBERS.
01:27SO YEAH, I DID THAT SO WELL AND YEAH, IN THE END WE WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE SO THAT'S WHY
01:34IT'S SO SPECIAL.
01:37AT THE END OF THAT SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, SALAH WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN LIVERPOOL'S HISTORY.
01:44BUT WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF ROGER HUNT AND IAN RUSH.
01:50IF HE'S A PLAYER WHO RETIRED TOMORROW, WE'VE GENUALLY BE TALKED ABOUT HIM AS ONE OF LIVERPOOL'S GREAT FORWARDS.
01:57HE'S THE BIGGEST STRIKER LFC HAD IN THE MODERN TIMES.
02:01OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE OTHER GOOD STRIKERS, REALLY GOOD STRIKERS, BUT FANTASTIC PLAYER, FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING, OUTSTANDING ATHLETE, BEST AMBASSADOR YOUR
02:10COUNTRY COULD HAVE.
02:12FANTASTIC, REALLY, IN PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS. SO I HOPE WE STAY AT LIVERPOOL.
02:17FIRST OF ALL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN JUDGED AS A PLAYER.
02:20HE'S ALWAYS JUDGED AS A PLAYER, WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO.
02:23BUT I ALSO SEE HIM AS A HUMAN BEING, AND HE'S A HUMBLE PERSON, ALWAYS WANTS TO WORK HARD.
02:29ALWAYS PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT IN TO BECOME THE PLAYER HE HAS BECOME.
02:33AND HE WANTS TO STAY AT THAT LEVEL, SO HE JUST KEEPS ON BRINGING THAT EFFORT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
02:40AND WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL ON THE PITCH IS, IN MY OPINION, THAT HE CAN SCORE GOALS.
02:45NOW, THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE GOALS, BUT MO CAN ALSO SCORE A GOAL IF HE'S NOT IN
02:49THE BEST HALF HOUR OR THE BEST 15 MINUTES.
02:54AND THAT'S WHY HE'S MENTALLY SO STRONG AS WELL.
02:57AND YOU NEED TO BE THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVERY
03:01THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
03:02APART FROM QUALITY, ABOUT FROM PHYSIC, YOU NEED TO BE MENTALLY REALLY STRONG AS WELL.
03:06AND I THINK THAT'S, APART FROM ALL THE OTHER THINGS, HOW MENTALLY STRONG HE IS, IS PROBABLY WHAT STANDS OUT.
03:17SALAH FIRST CAME TO PROMINENCE IN 2012, WHEN HE MOVED FROM AL MOKOLUN TO BASEL,
03:24AFTER THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WAS SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 74 FANS IN THE PORT SAID STADIUM RIOT.
03:34HE SCORED GOALS AGAINST CHELSEA IN BOTH THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHILE IN SWITZERLAND.
03:41SO THE BLUES PROMPTLY SIGNED HIM.
03:46BUT UNDER JOSÉ MOURINHO, PLAYING TIME WAS LIMITED, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ON LONE TO FIORENTINA.
03:55SALAH CAME ALIVE AGAIN IN FLORENCE, BUT OUTRAGED THE VIOLA WHEN HE CRITICED THE VIOLA
04:00CLUB FOR ITS MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, CHOOSING ROMA AS HIS NEXT LONE DESTINATION.
04:09TWO SEASONS LATER HE WAS A CONSISTENT GOAL SCORER IN SERI-R, ROMA'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR,
04:15AND WORTHY OF LIVERPOOL BREAKING THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO BRING HIM TO ANFIELD.
04:23THE GLARING OMISSION ON SALAH'S CV IS SUCCESS WITH EGYPT.
04:29HIS SOLITARY WORLD CUP IN 2018 WAS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
04:34NEVER FULLY FIT, SALAH ONLY PLAYED TWO GROUP-PHASE MATCHES AS EGYPT WERE HUMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS TO
04:42EURAGUAI, RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA.
04:47AFCON HAS ALSO PROVEN A FRUSTRATION.
04:50IN 2017 SALAH HAD TO WATCH CAMERUN CELEBRATE AFTER HE FAILED TO FIRE IN A 2-1 FINAL DEFEAT.
04:57THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SPOT KICK,
05:02AS SENNAGAL PREVAILED IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT.
05:09NONETHELESS, HE REMAINS A HERO IN HIS HOMELAND.
05:16SALAH HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA, AND PARTICULARLY, OF COURSE, IN EGYPT.
05:26PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:30PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:31BUT AS I WAS JUST SAYING, WE SHOULD ALL LOOK TO SALAH AS AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN SINCE
05:35THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER.
05:41EVERY YOUNGSTER WANTS TO BE LIKE SALAH.
05:44BUT I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE KEEN TO GO THROUGH WHAT SALAH WENT THROUGH.
05:48IT WASN'T EASY FOR HIM AT FIRST. HE DIDN'T PLAY MUCH IN MANY CLUBS, BUT KEPT FIGHTING AND WORKING, AND
05:54IT PAID OFF.
05:55THAT IS WHY HE MUST BE AN EXAMPLE.
05:58NOW, FOR ME, IT'S A GREAT PRAISE.
06:02WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE, THE KIDS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE EGYPT AND IN THE AFRICA LOOKING TO YOU AT
06:08THE ROOM MODEL,
06:09AND YOU FEEL ALSO PRESSURE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING HUGE FOR ME.
06:16SO I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO DO MY BEST, TO IMPROVE MYSELF AS A PERSON, AS A PLAYER.
06:21SO IT'S SOMETHING, OF COURSE, IMPORTANT.
06:24A LEGEND IN LIVERPOOL, A RECORD BREAKER IN ENGLAND, AN IDOL IN EGYPT.
06:32MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:38MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:38MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION.
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