Mohamed Salah is starting to close in on his 200th Liverpool goal after following up his Merseyside derby brace by scoring against Toulouse.
“What I love most about Mo is that I think Mo Salah played for us an incredible amount of fantastic games,” manager Jurgen Klopp said after victory over Everton. “Today it was not his best game, but being then that clinical with the penalty and the situation it was in, that is probably his biggest quality.
His strike, his 43rd in Europe for Liverpool, would also be a record-breaking one, surpassing Thierry Henry as the player with the most European goals for a Premier League club. Al-Ittihad won’t be the only side interested in his services next summer, with Al-Hilal having already been tipped to enter the race in 2024. And having seen this year’s marquee signing, Neymar, suffer an ACL injury on international duty this month, their desire for a new leading man will only increase with Salah almost certain to be right at the top of that list.
Klopp certainly believes he can too, previously admitting that he thinks the Egyptian is cut from the same cloth as the aforementioned enduring global stars. "I am pretty sure a couple of players finished their careers because they couldn't be that motivated, they say 'I want this or I want that but I am not the same as I was a few years ago'. That is why people finish their careers.