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Mohamed Salah celebrates one of his goals for Liverpool at Leeds United
Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah ranked fifth on the list of highest-earning footballers, according to the famous Forbes magazine.
The star of the Egyptian team came in first place with the highest-earning Premier League players, as his 2020 earnings reached $ 37 million, surpassing Manchester United player Paul Pogba, who earned $ 34 million. of dollars.
Salah came in fifth behind Lionel Messi ($ 126 million), Cristiano Ronaldo ($ 117 million), Neymar ($ 96 million), and Kylian Mbappé ($ 42 million).
The former Basel player was fourth in the final standings, but Mbappé jumped to lag behind Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.
Forbes considers player salaries, bonuses, and salaries in advertising campaigns.
Salah’s annual salary of $ 24 million represents almost two-thirds of his total earnings, as he is paid 200,000 pounds a week.
In addition, its ad campaigns with giant entities the size of Adidas, Vodafone, Pepsi, and others have totaled nearly $ 13 million.
The Egyptian international started the Premier League season in a way that was not wonderful, scoring three hat-trick goals against Leeds United in the first round.
And Mohamed Salah became the first player in Liverpool history to score at least one goal in the opening game of four consecutive seasons.
Salah Adel on that Teddy Sherringam number from 1992/1993 to 1995/1996 and they are the only ones to have achieved it in the history of the Premier League.
The Egypt star’s hat-trick is his third in Liverpool’s jersey since his arrival in 2017.
He previously scored against Watford and Bournemouth in the Premier League as well.
The hat-trick is Salah’s fifth overall. He scored by hat-trick with Roma against Bologna and another with Egypt against Zimbabwe in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
And because the hat-trick came in the first round, it must be remembered that the former Basel player became the ninth player in history to score a hat-trick in the first round of the Premier League.
Salah’s hat-trick finally made him break the fifty-goal barrier for Liverpool at Anfield. He is now the fourth player in the former club’s history to reach this number, after Robbie Fowler (85 goals), Stephen Gerrard (69 goals) and Michael Owen (63 goals).
And since it is Mohamed Salah’s third hat-trick in the English Premier League, the 28-year-old has become the second longest-running African player to score a Premier League hat-trick.
Only Nigerian forward Yakubo and Everton, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and the former Blackburn player who scored a hat-trick four times in the Premier League are African players.
And finally. The former Arab Contractors player took another big step into the Hundred Club with Liverpool.
Salah reached goal 97 in the Liverpool jersey, and is just three goals away from entering the 100 club with his goals in various tournaments.
