00:05ARGUABLY THE GREATEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD IS FROM NORTH AFRICA.
00:12SINCE MOHAMMED SALAH MOVED TO LIVERPOOL IN 2017, THE EGYPTIAN HAS PLAYED HIS WAY ONTO THE SHORTLIST OF WORLD LEADERS
00:20WITH HIS GOALS AND ASSISTS.
00:25TWO ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES, A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY AND A FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP ALL TESTIFIED TO HIS
00:33INFLUENCE IN RED.
00:38INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE REWARDED WITH THREE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, MOST RECENTLY IN 2025, AFTER HELPING LIVERPOOL TO A SURPRISE
00:47PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS.
00:50THAT'S WHY FOR ME THIS ONE IS ALWAYS GONNA BE SPECIAL.
00:53THIS PREMIER LEAGUE COMING BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY AND JUST LIKE ALL I THINK ABOUT IS WINNING THE PREMIER LEAGUE
00:59WITH THE CLUB AND MAKE THE CLUB WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:01AND I THINK I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MANJER.
01:03I TOLD HIM, HE WAS VERY HONEST.
01:06I WAS VERY HONEST WITH HIM.
01:07I TOLD HIM, LIKE, WITH ME, YOU'RE GONNA WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, BUT I HAVE TO FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH
01:14THE WAY WE PLAY.
01:15AND HE WAS VERY HONEST AND HAD A FEW HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
01:19AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY, I WILL GET THE BEST OUT OF YOU.
01:21THEN I WILL PUT YOU IN A SITUATION THAT YOU'RE VERY COMFY, BUT I NEED YOU TO PROVIDE NUMBERS.
01:25SO, YEAH, I DID THAT SO WELL.
01:30AND, YEAH, IN THE END WE WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
01:32SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO SPECIAL.
01:36AT THE END OF THAT SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN, SALAH WAS THE THIRD-HIGHEST GOAL SCORER IN LIVERPOOL'S HISTORY.
01:42BUT WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF ROGER HUNT AND IAN RUSH.
01:48IF HE'S A PLAYER WHO RETIRED TOMORROW, WE'VE GENUALLY BE TALKED ABOUT HIM AS ONE OF LIVERPOOL'S GREAT FORWARDS.
01:55HE'S THE BIGGEST STRIKER THE LFC HAD IN THE MODERN TIMES.
01:59OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE OTHER GOOD STRIKERS, REALLY GOOD STRIKERS, BUT FANTASTIC PLAYER, FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING,
02:06OUTSTANDING ATHLETE, BEST AMBASSADOR YOUR COUNTRY COULD HAVE.
02:10FANTASTIC, REALLY, IN PRETTY MUCH ALL DEPARTMENTS.
02:13SO I HOPE HE WILL STAY AT LIVERPOOL.
02:15FIRST OF ALL, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN JUDGED AS A PLAYER.
02:19HE'S ALWAYS JUDGED AS A PLAYER, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD DO.
02:21BUT I ALSO SEE HIM AS A HUMAN BEING, AND HE'S A HUMBLE PERSON, ALWAYS WANTS TO WORK HARD,
02:27ALWAYS PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT IN TO BECOME THE PLAYER HE HAS BECOME.
02:32AND HE WANTS TO STAY AT THAT LEVEL, SO HE JUST KEEPS ON BRINGING THAT EFFORT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
02:38AND WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL ON THE PITCH IS, IN MY OPINION, THAT HE CAN SCORE GOALS.
02:43NOW, THERE ARE MORE PLAYERS WHO CAN SCORE GOALS, BUT MO CAN ALSO SCORE A GOAL
02:46IF HE'S NOT IN THE BEST HALF HOUR OR THE BEST 15 MINUTES.
02:52AND THAT'S WHY HE'S MENTALLY SO STRONG AS WELL.
02:55AND YOU NEED TO BE THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
02:59EVERY THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
03:01APART FROM QUALITY, ABOUT FROM PHYSIC, YOU NEED TO BE MENTALLY REALLY STRONG AS WELL.
03:05AND I THINK THAT'S, APART FROM ALL THE OTHER THINGS,
03:09HOW MENTALLY STRONG HE IS IS PROBABLY WHAT STANDS OUT.
03:15SALAH FIRST CAME TO PROMINENCE IN 2012, WHEN HE MOVED FROM AL MUKOLUN TO BASIL,
03:22AFTER THE EGYPTIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WAS SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF 74 FANS IN THE PORT SAID STADIUM RIOT.
03:32HE SCORED GOALS AGAINST CHELSEY IN BOTH THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WHILE IN SWITZERLAND.
03:38SO THE BLUES PROMPTLY SIGNED HIM.
03:44BUT UNDER JOSE MARINO, PLAYING TIME WAS LIMITED, AND HE FOUND HIMSELF ON LONE TO FIORENTINA.
03:53SALAH CAME ALIVE AGAIN IN FLORENCE, BUT OUTRAGED THE VIOLA WHEN HE CRITICIZED THE CLUB FOR ITS MORAL AND PROFESSIONAL
04:01STANDARDS,
04:02CHOOSING ROMA AS HIS NEXT LONE DESTINATION.
04:07TWO SEASONS LATER, HE WAS A CONSISTENT GOAL SCORER IN SERIAR, ROMA'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR,
04:14AND WORTHY OF LIVERPOOL BREAKING THEIR TRANSFER RECORD TO BRING HIM TO ANFIELD.
04:21THE GLARING OMISSION ON SALAH'S CV IS SUCCESS WITH EGYPT.
04:28HIS SOLITARY WORLD CUP IN 2018 WAS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
04:32NEVER FULLY FIT, SALAH ONLY PLAYED TWO GROUP PHASE MATCHES AS EGYPT WERE HUMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS
04:40TO EURAGUAI, RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA.
04:45AFCON HAS ALSO PROVEN A FRUSTRATION.
04:48IN 2017, SALAH HAD TO WATCH CAMERUN CELEBRATE AFTER HE FAILED TO FIRE IN A 2-1 FINAL DEFEAT.
04:55THEN FOUR YEARS LATER, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A SPOT KICK, AS SENGAL PREVAILED IN A PENALTY
05:02SHOOTOUT.
05:07NONETHELESS, HE REMAINS A HERO IN HIS HOMELAND.
05:15SALAH HAS HAD A GREAT IMPACT IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA, AND PARTICULARLY, OF COURSE, IN EGYPT.
05:24PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:28PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WITH SALAH. SALAH IS A GOD IN EGYPT.
05:29BUT AS I WAS JUST SAYING, WE SHOULD ALL LOOK TO SALAH AS AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN SINCE
05:34THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER.
05:40EVERY YOUNGSTER WANTS TO BE LIKE SALAH, BUT I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE KEEN TO GO
05:44THROUGH WHAT SALAH WENT THROUGH.
05:46IT WASN'T EASY FOR HIM AT FIRST. HE DIDN'T PLAY MUCH IN MANY CLUBS, BUT KEPT FIGHTING AND WORKING, AND
05:52IT PAID OFF.
05:53THAT IS WHY HE MUST BE AN EXAMPLE.
06:00WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE, THE KIDS IN THE COUNTRY LIKE EGYPT AND AFRICA LOOKING TO YOU AT THE RUAL
06:07MODEL,
06:09YOU FEEL ALSO PRESSURE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING HUGE FOR ME.
06:14SO I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO DO MY PIST, TO IMPROVE MYSELF AS A PERSON, AS A PLAYER.
06:20SO IT'S SOMETHING, OF COURSE, IMPORTANT.
06:22A LEGEND IN LIVERPOOL, A RECORD BREAKER IN ENGLAND, AN IDOL IN EGYPT.
06:30MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:36MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:36MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
06:36MOHAMMED SALAH IS THE STANDARD-BEARER FOR A REGION OF RED-BLOODED FOOTBALL NATIONS.
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