While Philippe Coutinho was waiting for a transfer to Barcelona in the summer, Liverpool brought Mohamed Salah to Anfield. A switch from the Brazilian to the Camp Nou did not take place and now he has to acknowledge that Salah has taken over the role of flavorer from the Reds. In his first 19 official duels, the EUR 42 million attracted attacker from Egypt accounted for no less than 14 goals.
“Mohamed is a great soccer player,”Coutinho admits,”Everyone, the players and the fans, are very impressed by the way he has adapted to the club and the team. It is a very fast-paced football player and he always tries to be in motion. He searches for the free spaces and that makes it much easier for the person who has the ball. He deserves to be in the spotlight, a great boy.
“He always trains hard and he showed it when we needed it,” Salah and members play against Chelsea, the first employer of the Egyptian in England, on Saturday. He did not get a chance in London and left for Italy, where he eventually came out for Fiorentina and AS Roma,”He was still young when he played Chelsea”, says Jürgen Klopp. I don’t know what happened to Mo at Chelsea.
“I didn’t see him play for Chelsea. I saw him in a few matches of FC Basel,”said the former trainer of Borussia Dortmund,”After that he disappeared from my radar. Until I saw him again at Fiorentina. At Chelsea I didn’t see him. I think he played 19 matches at the time. That is normally not a bad number for a young player in his first year at Chelsea, but he wanted to play more. I do not know why he left. I was not interested. If he had played better with Chelsea, he wouldn’t have played with Liverpool. That is why I am happy.
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