Mohamed Salah

Kylian Mbappé looked destined for a Real Madrid move in the summer, before dramatically signing a new contract with PSG. What could this mean for Liverpool?

Significantly, that may be the kind of money that Salah feels is worth, placing him in the world’s top bracket. Salah could soon receive a compelling offer from a club he admires, and that may well put pressure on Liverpool to act. But the pursuit of Mbappé was less about the player himself and more about what he represented. The pot of money that was put aside for Mbappé will still be there. And Salah, with his 50.5 million Instagram followers, is one of the highest-profile athletes on the planet. On the face of it, Salah is hardly a like-for-like alternative to Mbappé. For a start, he’s six years older and already at his peak.

Mohamed Salah became just the fourth player in Premier League history to top the league's goalscoring charts three times. Here's a statistical breakdown of ...

While Mohamed Salah found the back of the net 23 times across this Premier League season, he also dished out 13 assists, making him the first Liverpool player to finish atop the Premier League on both goals and assists. This goal against Man City was not only critical but also came with a sparkle that passes the eye test. Salah's shot improved from that 0.3 pre-shot xG to a gargantuan 0.97 xGOT. Essentially, Salah's effort was unsaveable. You can clearly see a higher attacking presence through December 31, and a lower attacking presence once the calendar turned to 2022. From August 28 to October 24, Salah put together an incredible seven-match run in which he scored in every game, finishing it off in style with a hat trick against Manchester United that gave him nine goals across that streak. It also means, however, that he actually outperformed his xG total on the road, but underperformed at home. However, that doesn't tell the entire story. It was perfectly even heading into the final day, with 11 goals scored at Anfield and 11 scored away from the friendly confines. 1 1 This season, Salah bagged his 23 goals on an expected goals (xG) total of 24.36, according to UnderStat, meaning he actually underperformed his xG total slightly. Fittingly, at the end of a wild season, it was a bonkers day of Premier League season.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and Tottenham's Son Heung-min share the Premier League Golden Boot after finishing with 23 goals.

Ederson was the outright winner of the award in each of the past two campaigns, while Alisson won the award in 2018-19. I can't believe it." "I can't believe it.

When votes were cast for the Premier League Player of the Season award, Salah remained the division's top scorer and creator, despite the 'decline'. And yet, ...

It’s also worth noting that De Bruyne was Premier League Player of the Season in 2019/20 despite Liverpool’s glaring supremacy, while Foden has now won Young Player of the Season back-to-back. Only twice in Premier League history has a player led both tables outright — Andy Cole in 1993/94 and Harry Kane in 2020/21. It seems that recency bias has played a large part in De Bruyne’s success. Salah’s goal in the 2-2 draw against Chelsea on 2 January took him to 23 for the season, in addition to his 10 assists. Better than Salah? It’s important to stress the rarity of a player topping both the goals and assists charts. Midway through the current campaign, he looked like he might just be able to challenge those numbers.

Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min finished the Premier League season tied as the top scorers with 23 goals.

Liverpool did all they could in their attempt to claim the Premier League title by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday. Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and ...

And there was an amusing reminder of that in the mixed zone - where journalists attempt to persuade players to chat - after the game. Alisson was so incensed with the decision to play on he could be spotted beating the Anfield turf with his fist in anger. before walking past again a little later and asking the same person "How did Everton get on today?" And they were indebted to another excellent display from Alisson Becker, particularly in the second half when he made a string of important stops. Well, that was until a fan sat near the front pointed out to the approaching Liverpool players that City had gone 3-2 up. The result means Jurgen Klopp’s side ended the campaign a point behind Manchester City to dash hopes of an unprecedented quadruple.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has been criticised by Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde ahead of the Champions League final in Paris.

They beat us in the final last time. “The only thing we must do is give our best, try to show why we're in the final and let's hope we can give another trophy to the fans and to Real Madrid." After Madrid came back from the brink to beat City in the second leg, Salah then put on social media: “We have a score to settle.”

After beating Villarreal in the semi, the Egyptian had said he would rather play Real than Man City in the final because he wanted to avenge their final ...

When the coaching staff, the team and the fans feel that, it's like the Bermuda Triangle.' The game isn't over until the referee says so. Salah told BT Sport in May: 'I want to play Madrid, I have to be honest.