00:06ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:13SINCE MOHAMMED SALAH MOVED TO LIVERPOOL IN 2017, THE EGYPTIAN HAS PLAYED HIS WAY ONTO THE SHORTLIST OF WORLD LEADERS
00:21WITH HIS GOALS AND ASSISTS.
00:25TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY AND A FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ALL TESTIFIED TO HIS
00:34INFLUENCE IN RED.
00:38INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE REWARDED WITH THREE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2025, AFTER HELPING LIVERPOOL TO A SURPRISE
00:48PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS.
00:51THAT'S WHY FOR ME THIS ONE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE SPECIAL.
00:53THIS PREMIER LEAGUE COMING BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY AND JUST LIKE ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE
01:00WITH THE CLUB AND MAKE THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:02AND I THINK I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MANJER.
01:04I TOLD HIM, HE WAS VERY HONEST, I WAS VERY HONEST WITH HIM.
01:08I TOLD HIM, LIKE, WITH ME, YOU'RE GONNA WIN THE PRIMARY LEAGUE, BUT I HAVE TO FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH
01:14IT, WITH THE WAY WE PLAY.
01:16AND HE WAS VERY HONEST, I HAD A FEW HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
01:19AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY, I WILL GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU, THEN I WILL PUT YOU IN A
01:23SITUATION THAT YOU'RE VERY COMFY, BUT I NEED YOU TO PROVIDE NUMBERS.
01:26SO, YEAH, I DID THAT SO WELL, AND, YEAH, IN THE END WE WIN THE PRIMARY LEAGUE, SO THAT'S WHY
01:33IT'S SO SPECIAL.
01:36AT THE END OF THAT SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, SALAH WAS THE THIRD-HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN LIVERPOOL'S HISTORY, BUT WITHIN STRIKING
01:44DISTANCE OF ROGER HUNT AND IAN RUSH.
01:49IF HE'S A PLAYER WHO RETIRED TOMORROW, WE'VE GENUALLY BE TALKED ABOUT HIM AS ONE OF LIVERPOOL'S GREAT FORWARDS.
01:56HE'S THE BIGGEST STRIKER LFC HAD IN THE MODERN TIMES, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE OTHER GOOD STRIKERS, REALLY GOOD STRIKERS, BUT
02:02FANTASTIC PLAYER, FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING, OUTSTANDING ATHLETE, BEST AMBASSADOR YOUR COUNTRY COULD HAVE, FANTASTIC, REALLY, IN PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS.
02:13SO I HOPE WE STAY AT LIVERPOOL.
02:15FIRST OF ALL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN JUDGED AS A PLAYER.
02:19HE'S ALWAYS JUDGED AS A PLAYER, WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO.
02:22BUT I ALSO SEE HIM AS A HUMAN BEING AND HE'S A HUMBLE PERSON, ALWAYS WANTS TO WORK HARD, ALWAYS
02:28PUTS 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.
02:38AND WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL ON THE PITCH IS, IN MY OPINION, THAT HE CAN SCORE GOALS.
02:44NOW, THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE GOALS, BUT MO CAN ALSO SCORE A GOAL IF HE'S NOT IN
02:48THE BEST HALF HOUR OR THE BEST 15 MINUTES.
02:52AND THAT'S WHY HE'S MENTALLY SO STRONG AS WELL.
02:55AND YOU NEED TO BE THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVERY
03:00THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
03:01APART FROM QUALITY, ABOUT FROM PHYSIC, YOU NEED TO BE MENTALLY REALLY STRONG AS WELL.
03:05AND I THINK THAT'S, APART FROM ALL THE OTHER THINGS, HOW MENTALLY STRONG HE IS, IS PROBABLY WHAT STANDS OUT.
03:16SALAH FIRST CAME TO PROMINENCE IN 2012, WHEN HE MOVED FROM AL MOKOLUN TO BASEL,
03:23AFTER THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WAS SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 74 FANS IN THE PORT SAID STADIUM RIOT.
03:33HE SCORED GOALS AGAINST CHELSEA IN BOTH THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHILE IN SWITZERLAND.
03:40SO THE BLUES PROMPTLY SIGNED HIM.
03:44BUT UNDER JOSE MARINO, PLAYING TIME WAS LIMITED, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ON LONE TO FIORENTINA.
03:53SALAH CAME ALIVE AGAIN IN FLORENCE, BUT OUTRAGED THE VIOLA WHEN HE CRITICIZED THE CLUB FOR ITS MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL
04:01STANDARDS,
04:02CHOOSING ROMA AS HIS NEXT LONE DESTINATION.
04:08TWO SEASONS LATER, HE WAS A CONSISTENT GOAL SCORER IN SERIAR.
04:13ROMA'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND WORTHY OF LIVERPOOL BREAKING THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO BRING HIM TO ANFIELD.
04:22THE GLARING OMISSION ON SALAH'S CV IS SUCCESS WITH EGYPT.
04:28HIS SOLITARY WORLD CUP IN 2018 WAS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
04:33NEVER FULLY FIT, SALAH ONLY PLAYED TWO GROUP PHASE MATCHES AS EGYPT WERE HUMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS TO EURAGUAI, RUSSIA
04:42AND SAUDI ARABIA.
04:45AFCON HAS ALSO PROVEN A FRUSTRATION.
04:48IN 2017 SALAH HAD TO WATCH CAMERON CELEBRATE AFTER HE FAILED TO FIRE IN A 2-1 FINAL DEFEAT.
04:56THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SPOT KICK AS SENNAGAL PREVAILED IN A PENALTY
05:03SHOOTOUT.
05:08NONETHELESS, HE REMAINS A HERO IN HIS HOMELAND.
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