00:07ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:14SINCE MOHAMMED SALAH MOVED TO LIVERPOOL IN 2017, THE EGYPTIAN HAS PLAYED HIS WAY ONTO
00:20THE SHORTLIST OF WORLD LEADERS WITH HIS GOALS AND ASSISTS.
00:26TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY AND THE FIFA CLUB
00:33WORLD CUP ALL TESTIFIED TO HIS INFLUENCE IN RED.
00:39INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE REWARDED WITH THREE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY IN
00:452025, AFTER HELPING LIVERPOOL TO A SURPRISE PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS.
00:52THAT'S WHY FOR ME THIS ONE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE SPECIAL, THIS PREMIER LEAGUE COMING BACK
00:57FROM THE HOLIDAY AND JUST LIKE ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE WITH THE CLUB
01:01AND MAKE THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:03AND I THINK I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MANJER, I TOLD HIM, HE WAS VERY, I WAS VERY HONEST
01:08WITH HIM, I TOLD HIM LIKE, WITH ME, YOU'RE GONNA WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, BUT I HAVE TO FEEL
01:14REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY WE PLAY. AND HE WAS VERY HONEST, I HAD A FEW HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
01:20AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY, I WILL GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU, THEN I WILL PUT YOU IN A
01:23SITUATION
01:24THAT YOU'RE VERY COMFY, BUT I NEED YOU TO PROVIDE NUMBERS. SO YEAH, I DID THAT SO WELL,
01:31AND YEAH, IN THE END WE WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO SPECIAL.
01:37AT THE END OF THAT SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, SALAH WAS THE THIRD-HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN LIVERPOOL'S HISTORY,
01:44BUT WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF ROGER HUNT AND IAN RUSH.
01:50IF HE'S A PLAYER WHO RETIRED TOMORROW, WE'VE GENUALLY BE TALKED ABOUT HIM AS ONE OF LIVERPOOL'S GREAT FORWARDS.
01:57HE'S THE BIGGEST STRIKER LFC HAD IN THE MODERN TIMES, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE OTHER GOOD STRIKERS,
02:02REALLY GOOD STRIKERS, BUT FANTASTIC PLAYER, FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING, OUTSTANDING ATHLETE,
02:09BEST AMBASSADOR YOUR COUNTRY COULD HAVE, FANTASTIC REALLY IN PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS.
02:14SO I HOPE HE WILL STAY AT LIVERPOOL.
02:17FIRST OF ALL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN JUDGED AS A PLAYER, WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO,
02:23BUT I ALSO SEE HIM AS A HUMAN BEING AND HE'S A HUMBLE PERSON, ALWAYS WANTS TO WORK HARD,
02:28ALWAYS PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN TO BECOME THE PLAYER HE HAS BECOME,
02:34AND HE WANTS TO STAY AT THAT LEVEL, SO HE JUST KEEPS ON BRINGING THAT EFFORT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
02:39AND 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,
02:47IF HE'S NOT IN THE BEST HALF HOUR OR THE BEST 15 MINUTES, AND THAT'S WHY HE'S MENTALLY SO STRONG
02:56AS WELL.
02:56AND YOU NEED TO BE THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVERY
03:01THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
03:02APART FROM QUALITY, ABOUT FROM PHYSIC, YOU NEED TO BE MENTALLY REALLY STRONG AS WELL.
03:06AND I THINK, APART FROM ALL THE OTHER THINGS, HOW MENTALLY STRONG HE IS, IS PROBABLY WHAT STANDS OUT.
03:17SALAH 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.
03:34HE SCORED GOALS AGAINST CHELSEY IN BOTH THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHILE IN SWITZERLAND.
03:40SO THE BLUES PROMPTLY SIGNED HIM.
03:45BUT UNDER JOSE MARINO, PLAYING TIME WAS LIMITED, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ON LONE TO FIORENTINA.
03:54SALAH CAME ALIVE AGAIN IN FLORENCE, BUT OUTRAGED THE VIOLA WHEN HE CRITICIZED THE CLUB FOR ITS MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL
04:02STANDARDS,
04:03CHOOSING ROMA AS HIS NEXT LONE DESTINATION.
04:09TWO 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.
04:23THE GLARING OMISSION ON SALAH'S CV IS SUCCESS WITH EGYPT.
04:29HIS SOLITARY WORLD CUP IN 2018 WAS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
04:34NEVER FULLY FIT, SALAH ONLY PLAYED TWO GROUP PHASE MATCHES AS EGYPT WERE HUMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS TO EURAGUAI, RUSSIA
04:43AND SAUDI ARABIA.
04:46AFCON HAS ALSO PROVEN A FRUSTRATION.
04:49IN 2017, SALAH HAD TO WATCH CAMERUN CELEBRATE AFTER HE FAILED TO FIRE IN A 2-1 FINAL DEFEAT.
04:57THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SPOT KICK AS SENNAGAL PREVAILED IN A PENALTY
05:04SHOOTOUT.
05:09NONETHELESS, HE REMAINS A HERO IN HIS HOMELAND.
05:16SALAH HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA AND PARTICULARLY, OF COURSE, IN EGYPT.
05:26PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:30PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:31BUT AS I WAS JUST SAYING, WE SHOULD ALL LOOK TO SALAH AS AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN SINCE
05:35THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER.
05:41EVERY YOUNGSTER WANTS TO BE LIKE SALAH, BUT I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE KEEN TO GO
05:46THROUGH 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
05:53IT PAID OFF.
05:55THAT IS WHY HE MUST BE AN EXAMPLE.
05:58NOW, FOR ME, IT'S A GREAT PROJER.
06:01IT'S A GREAT PROJER.
06:02WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE, THE KIDS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE EGYPT AND AFRICA LOOKING TO YOU AT THE RULE
06:09MODEL,
06:10YOU FEEL ALSO PRESSURE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING HUGE FOR ME.
06:15SO I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO DO MY PEST, TO IMPROVE MYSELF AS A PERSON, AS A PLAYER.
06:21SO IT'S SOMETHING, OF COURSE, IMPORTANT.
06:23IMPORTANT.
06:24A LEGEND IN LIVERPOOL.
06:26A RECORD BREAKER IN ENGLAND.
06:29AN IDOL IN EGYPT.
06:32MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:38MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:38MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER for THE MUSLESS STANDARD-BEARER.
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