Online Reporter
LONDON. – Mo Salah has spent his entire career proving people wrong.
Yet for Liverpool’s brilliant, 32-year-old talisman, to be crowned the best player on the planet would be his greatest achievement – for a variety of reasons.
From being a Chelsea flop and then not wanted by Jurgen Klopp to becoming one of Liverpool’s greatest players while firing Arne Slot to a stunning debut season with 30 goals.
And we’re only in February.
It is inevitable that Salah will collect his second Premier League winners’ medal after Sunday’s 2-0 win at Manchester City – but could he pip Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr to the Ballon d’Or later this year?
It is difficult to believe that 11 years ago last month, Salah joined Chelsea from Basel for £11m, but in his two years at Stamford Bridge made just six Premier League starts and scored only two goals. This was because he spent most of his time away from West London on loan at Fiorentina and Roma.
Although fingers have always pointed at Jose Mourinho, who was in charge for much of the time when Salah was a Chelsea player, the Portuguese coach said: “For a start, people try to identify me as the coach that sold Salah. I am the coach that bought Salah. It’s completely the wrong idea.
“I pushed the club to buy him and at the time we already had fantastic attacking players − Hazard, Willain, we had top talent there. But I told them to buy that kid.”
Salah was sold once Mourinho had left the club and proved to be a huge hit for Roma in a £12m move. − The Sun
