Why Liverpool made Mohamed Salah their highest-paid player in history aged 30
2 years, 6 months ago

Why Liverpool made Mohamed Salah their highest-paid player in history aged 30

New York Times  

In late 2019, towards the end of another relentlessly hot day scrambling across Cairo’s concrete sprawl in search of fresh information about Egypt’s most famous footballer, one of his former team-mates found it easy to explain why Mohamed Salah had managed to do what only a select few from his country have been able to achieve. Yet perhaps Salah’s path would have been different had he listened to that same player; Hany Ramzy, a defender who represented their country at the 1990 World Cup, before he became a scout in Germany. Salah has scored 156 goals in 254 games since his arrival from Roma for £36 million in 2017 Perhaps it worked out for the best that his time at the club has coincided entirely with Jurgen Klopp, a manager who suggested that the player’s “best years are still to come” on Friday after Liverpool made Salah the highest-paid player in the club’s history at the age of 30. Mane, being the player and personality he is, managed to redefine himself in another position during the final months of his Liverpool career, a period when Salah struggled after his mid-season exertions in the Africa Cup of Nations, and the twin disappointments of Egypt losing that tournament’s final and, in March, failing to qualify for the World Cup.

History of this topic

Salah targets Premier League glory in ‘last year’ at Liverpool
6 days, 9 hours ago
Mohamed Salah drops bombshell on contract extension with Liverpool: ‘We are far away…’
1 week, 3 days ago
Mohamed Salah reveals Liverpool contract latest after setting Premier League record
Trending News
1 week, 3 days ago
Salah new contract update: Liverpool winger says it is still ‘far away’, despite reports of ongoing talks
1 week, 3 days ago
Salah says new Liverpool deal is ‘far away’
1 week, 4 days ago
Liverpool held, but Slot salutes 'special' Salah
1 month ago
Mohamed Salah: Where the Liverpool forward could go to if he doesn't sign contract extension
1 month ago
Jamie Carragher insists Liverpool 'don't give people what they want' amid Mo Salah's contract standoff - while Daniel Sturridge believes the Egyptian should be 'shown the money' to stay
1 month, 1 week ago
Why mighty Mohamed Salah is hitting new heights at Liverpool under Arne Slot... and why the Reds must break the bank to keep him - THE SHARPE END
1 month, 1 week ago
Salah Feels "More Out Than in" with No New Liverpool Deal on Table
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Jamie Carragher reveals why he's disappointed in 'selfish' Mohamed Salah after Liverpool star dropped contract bombshell
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Premier League 2024-25: Salah hints at exit after Liverpool yet to offer contract extension
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Salah says he is ‘more out than in’ at Liverpool as he enters final months of contract
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mohamed Salah reveals his 'disappointment' at not receiving any offers to stay at Liverpool and is 'more OUT than in' in major bombshell - with his deal set to run down at the end of the season
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mo Salah ‘disappointed’ Liverpool have not tabled a new contract offer
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mohamed Salah: I am closer to leaving Liverpool than staying
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Salah Hints at Liverpool Future, But Contract Talks Remain Uncertain
2 months ago
Mohamed Salah shows his evolution to keep Liverpool on title track
2 months, 1 week ago
Steven Gerrard delivers shock verdict on Mohamed Salah's future amid links over a move to Saudi Arabia for the Liverpool star
2 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah’s contract is running down – so why aren’t Liverpool doing anything?
4 months ago
Jamie Carragher predicts Mohamed Salah’s future amid doubt over Liverpool contract
4 months, 1 week ago
Frustrated Mohamed Salah sends message to Liverpool over contract stalemate: ‘No one has talked to me’
4 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah Reveals It's His 'Last Year At The Club' After Liverpool Beat Manchester United
4 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah’s ‘revelation’ designed to force Liverpool into next move
4 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah gives an update on his Liverpool future after starring in win over Man United... with the Egyptian's deal set to expire next summer
4 months, 1 week ago
Salah treating this season as his last at Liverpool and says no approach yet about a new contract
4 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah has 'come back in even BETTER shape than usual', says Andy Robertson as Liverpool star reaps the benefits of a football-free summer with superb display against Ipswich
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Mo Salah is 'the most selfish player I have ever witnessed' and disappears when the going gets tough, says Graeme Souness in scorchingly honest opinion of Liverpool's star man
8 months, 1 week ago
Mohamed Salah’s latest touchline tantrum symbolises deeper Liverpool split
8 months, 1 week ago
Liverpool expect Mohamed Salah to stay this summer
8 months, 1 week ago
Jurgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah and a spat that sums up Liverpool’s damaging slump
8 months, 1 week ago
Liverpool’s old and new combine in whirlwind start to forge Jurgen Klopp’s legacy
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah left out of Egypt squad for upcoming matches
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Egypt allow Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to miss March internationals
10 months ago
Liverpool defends Salah in Egypt commitment row
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mohamed Salah commitment shouldn’t be doubted – Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mo Salah – remarkably – is injured. Now Egypt and Liverpool must simply hope and pray
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Liverpool can thrive in Mohamed Salah’s absence with a timely return and a lesson from the past
1 year ago
Saudi Pro League will make ANOTHER move for Mohamed Salah in the summer and make the Liverpool star their top target... despite Al-Ittihad having £200million offer rejected in the summer
1 year ago
Relentless and modest machine that is Mohamed Salah continues to perform miracles for Liverpool
1 year ago
Another City-Liverpool humdinger?
1 year, 1 month ago
What Mohamed Salah’s dressing room speech says about Liverpool future
1 year, 4 months ago
GRAEME SOUNESS: Make no mistake, Mohamed Salah is flirting with the Saudis with Al-Ittihad prepared to offer £200M for the Egyptian star... and I think he will go this summer!
1 year, 4 months ago
Transfer Deadline Day: Liverpool rejects Al Ittihad offer for Salah, says reports
1 year, 4 months ago
Liverpool identify Mohamed Salah's potential replacement as speculations surrounding Al Ittihad move gain steam: Report
1 year, 4 months ago
He’s essential to Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp dismisses Mohamed Salah transfer talk
1 year, 4 months ago
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah ‘agrees deal’ with Saudi club Al-Ittihad
1 year, 4 months ago
Mohamed Salah becomes highest goal scorer from Egypt; gets level with Liverpool legend Gerrard
1 year, 8 months ago
Mohamed Salah breaks Liverpool Premier League goalscoring record
1 year, 10 months ago
Ageing Liverpool fighting Father Time as well as faltering form
2 years, 2 months ago

Discover Related