00:06ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:13Since Mohamed Salah moved to Liverpool in 2017,
00:17the Egyptian has played his way onto the shortlist of world leaders
00:20with his goals and assists.
00:25Two English Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League trophy
00:30and a FIFA Club World Cup all testify to his influence in red.
00:38Individual brilliance rewarded with three Player of the Year awards
00:42most recently in 2025,
00:45after helping Liverpool to a surprise Premier League success.
00:51That's why for me this one is always going to be special.
00:53This Premier League coming back from the holiday and just like
00:58all I think about is winning the Premier League with the club
01:00and make the club win the Premier League.
01:02And I think I had that conversation with the manager.
01:04I told him, he was very, I was very honest with him.
01:08I told him like, with me, you're going to win the Premier League,
01:12but I have to feel really comfortable with the way we play.
01:16And he was very honest, I had a few honest conversations.
01:19And he told me, OK, I will get the best out of you,
01:22then I will put you in a situation that you're very comfy,
01:24but I need you to provide numbers.
01:26So, yeah, I did that so well.
01:30And in the end, we win the Premier League.
01:32So, that's why it's so special.
01:36At the end of that successful campaign,
01:39Salah was the third highest goalscorer in Liverpool's history.
01:43But within striking distance of Roger Hunt and Ian Rush.
01:49If he's a player who retired tomorrow, we genuinely would be taught about him
01:52as one of Liverpool's great forwards.
01:56He's the biggest striker LFC had in the modern times.
01:59Obviously, there were other good strikers, really good strikers,
02:02but fantastic player, fantastic human being, outstanding athlete,
02:08best ambassador your country could have.
02:10Fantastic, really, in pretty much all departments.
02:13So, I hope he will stay at Liverpool.
02:16First 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,
02:25always wants to work hard, always puts a lot of effort in
02:30to become the player he has become.
02:33And he wants to stay at that level,
02:34so he just keeps on bringing that effort every single day.
02:38And what makes him special on the pitch is, in my opinion,
02:41that he can score goals now.
02:44There are more players who can score goals, but Mo can also score a goal
02:47if he's not in the 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
02:58at the highest level every three or four days.
03:01Apart from quality, about from physique, 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,
03:11is probably what stands out.
03:16Salah first came to prominence in 2012 when he moved from Al Mokouloun to Basel
03:22after the Egyptian Premier League was suspended following the death of 74 fans
03:27in the Port Said Stadium riot.
03:33He scored goals against Chelsea in both the Europa League and Champions League while in Switzerland.
03:39So the Blues promptly signed him.
03:44But under Jose Mourinho, playing time was limited, and he found himself on loan to Fiorentina.
03:53Salah came alive again in Florence, but outraged the viola when he criticised the club for its moral and professional
04:01standards,
04:02choosing Roma as his next loan destination.
04:08Two seasons later, he was a consistent goalscorer in Serie A, Roma's Player of the Year,
04:14and 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
04:37as Egypt were humbled in consecutive defeats to Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
04:45AFCON has also proven a frustration.
04:48In 2017, Salah had to watch Cameroon 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,
05:00as Senegal prevailed in a penalty shootout.
05:08Nonetheless, he remains a hero in his homeland.
05:15Salah has had a great impact in the whole of Africa, and particularly, of course, in Egypt.
05:24People identify themselves with Salah.
05:27Salah is a god in Egypt.
05:29But as I was just saying, we should all look to Salah as an example for what he's been since
05:34the beginning of his career.
05:40Every youngster wants to be like Salah, but I'm not too sure that all of them are keen to go
05:45through what Salah went through.
05:47It wasn't easy for him at first. He didn't play much in many clubs, but kept fighting and working, and
05:52it paid off.
05:54That is why he must be an example.
06:01When you see the people, the kids in the country, like Egypt and Africa, looking to you at the role
06:07model,
06:08and you feel also pressure a little bit, but it's something huge for me.
06:15So I'm always trying to do my best, to improve myself as a person, as a player.
06:20So it's something, of course, important.
06:22It's something, of course.
06:23A legend in Liverpool.
06:25A record-breaker in England.
06:28An idol in Egypt.
06:30Mohamed Salah is the standard-bearer for a region of red-blooded football nations.
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