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The Egyptian international caused a stir with his comments in the Spanish media over the weekend, but the Reds fans don’t have to worry.
Mohamed Salah does not give many interviews. So when it does, they tend to get people talking.
Salah meeting with Spanish publication AS last week it certainly worked. And for a man of few words, his ‘relationship’ with the British press extends to two mixed-zone talks totaling around six minutes, he was quite communicative.
He was, he said, “very disappointed” to have been overlooked by the captaincy in Liverpool’s recent Champions League game against FC Midtjylland. Trent Alexander-Arnold, six years younger than Salah, wore the bracelet in Denmark, leaving the Egyptian international in awe.
“I was hoping to be the captain, but it’s a coach’s decision. I accept it, ”Salah said.
Then came a question about his future at Liverpool, about how long he will see himself at Anfield.
Another interesting answer. “That is a difficult question,” he said. “Right now I can say that everything is in the hands of the club.”
And what about Barcelona and Real Madrid, then? ASPerhaps you know it or not, it is a publication with “inclinations” towards Madrid, so it was inevitable that Salah was asked about his feelings about the giants of the League.
“I think Madrid and Barcelona are two great clubs, who knows what will happen in the future?” He responded, although he added for the record that his focus right now was on Liverpool, where he hopes to win the Premier League and Champions League and, to use his own phrase, “break all club records.”
You are certainly on the right track in this regard right now. If Salah’s mind starts to wander, or if he has a sense of disappointment or injustice, it doesn’t show in his performances.
His form is as strong as ever. He’s back at the top of the scorer charts, averaging one goal every 83 minutes in the Premier League. He has scored 16 in all competitions for Liverpool this season, including two from the bench at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Salah’s omission from the starting lineup at Selhurst Park naturally caused some eyebrows to go up given the timing of that. AS interview, but we really shouldn’t read anything in it.
Jurgen Klopp may not have liked one of his players questioning one of his decisions so publicly (it doesn’t happen often), but he had planned to rest Salah at the Palace anyway. He knows how important the 28-year-old is and will do everything he can to keep him fresh and active.
And in any event, Liverpool’s 7-0 win in South London meant that any debate on that particular decision could be squashed pretty quickly.
Salah’s Anfield contract, worth around £ 200,000 a week, expires in the summer of 2023, and sources have said objective the club will surely offer an improved one. They want him to stay, no matter what Salah’s former international teammate Mohamed Aboutrika says.
Salah, for his part, turns 29 next summer and knows that his next contract will be the most important of his career. And while he’s happy in England, it’s fair to say that he knows his own worth. He also knows that at Real Madrid and Barça, in addition to Paris Saint-Germain, he has many admirers elsewhere.
However, those clubs are not Liverpool, and if we are to take his “breaking all club records” speech at face value, then there is no doubt that on a sporting level there is only one choice that the Egyptian should do; Stay in Merseyside and add to your legacy.
Some legacy. Salah’s record at Anfield is immense, already enough to place him among the club’s all-time greats.
He has played 173 times for the Reds in all competitions and has scored 110 goals. They have won the Premier League, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and, yesterday a year ago, the Club World Cup.
He has collected two Premier League Golden Boots in three seasons, and is on his way to another this period. He has been both the PFA Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year.
He is a player.
The number 11 who scores as a number 9 and creates as a number 10. He’s chasing the number 7 of the European Cup and the English league title number 20 this season, and as long as he’s fit and available Liverpool will love it. your chances of getting both.
Perhaps then, Salah will feel, he can inspire a little more respect within the wider football community. It’s funny how, despite all the records and all the goals, all the trophies and all the magical, magical moments, there is still the feeling that it is still undervalued in some sectors, even among some Liverpool fans, you have to add it.
A victim of your own success, perhaps? Salah’s brilliance has been so regular, his form so dependable since leaving Roma in 2017 that fans and pundits have become almost immune to it. They expect it from him. When he runs into the slot, or appears in the right place in the penalty area, or turns one to the top corner from 25 yards, it’s not surprising. It’s Mo Salah, it’s what he does.
Perhaps that explains why so many Salah debates focus on other issues. His quality is not debatable, so people talk about his body language or his behavior, his ‘selfishness’ or his relationship with Sadio Mane.
So from time to time, it doesn’t hurt to remember how special this player is and the impact he has had at Anfield. Game changer, defining an era. A great Liverpool, without a doubt.
If you finally choose to go ahead and try your luck elsewhere, you have earned that right. No one could argue otherwise.
But right now, at 28, in his prime and playing for this team and this coach, there is only one place where Salah should be.
And it is not Madrid or Barcelona.
