Mohamed Salah is getting closer to earning his 200th goal for Liverpool after scoring twice in the Merseyside derby against Toulouse.
The Egyptian currently has 195 goals from 317 games for the Reds. He scored his 200th league goal on Saturday during the 2-0 victory over Everton. You wouldn’t bet against the Egyptian getting that historic strike before the November international break, with Liverpool playing Brentford, Luton Town, and Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Toulouse again in the Europa League, and AFC Bournemouth in the League Cup in the upcoming weeks.
With just 12 games played this season, the 31-year-old has already scored nine goals and provided four assists, making him the Reds’ top goalscorer by a wide margin. Salah has scored seven goals in the Premier League this season, whereas Erling Haaland has scored nine goals, the most goals scored by any player in the league.Even though the forward is on the wrong side of the 30, he doesn’t appear to be slowing down. He is also on track to surpass the 30-goal mark once more, even with his impending mid-season international trips to represent Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations this winter. He has done so in each of the last three seasons.
Manager Jurgen Klopp remarked following the win against Everton, “What I love most about Mo is that I think Mo Salah played for us an incredible amount of fantastic games.” Although he didn’t play at his best today, his ability to handle the penalty and the circumstances was perhaps his greatest asset.
He proved to be that once more. You need someone who can push the ball over the edge. That is a fact that I greatly admire. That is very exceptional.
“The figures are absurd. He has no intention of stopping. He is that way by nature, which is extremely awesome for us.
After starting on the bench against Toulouse, the Egyptian would show his manager that he was right. He would enter the game as a 20-minute substitution.
Liverpool inevitably said the offer was ridiculous and that the forward was not for sale. However, there were rumors that the Saudi side would attempt again before their own market closed in early September, or if it didn’t work out, they would increase their interest again in 2024.
With just one year remaining on the contract he signed last year, the 32-year-old Egyptian will be the highest-paid player in Reds history come summertime. As a result, Salah’s future is still unknown. It is believed that the most well-known Muslim player in the world of football would eventually return to the Middle East and play in Saudi Arabia.
Klopp, who has previously acknowledged that he believes the Egyptian is made of the same material as the aforementioned enduring worldwide icons, clearly thinks he can too.
When asked in September 2021 if he believed the forward could play at the highest level for many more years, the German responded, “I’ve never spoken to Mo about how long he wants to play, but he has all the things you need to do that.”
Given his physical similarities to Lionel Messi—both in terms of height and weight—all of these individuals must be extremely fortunate to have avoided serious injuries. Although they had some wounds, they could always recover from it without suffering any further damage. That is crucial to remember.Granted, Klopp made his remarks two years ago before the Saudi Pro League’s financial danger became apparent. Since then, in addition to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Sadio Mane, and Gini Wijnaldum have all secured lucrative transfers to the Gulf State.
The question then becomes, how does Salah want to “squeeze each day out of his career”? Is his goal to become a poster boy to help elevate the Saudi Pro League to the status of an elite competition, or does he want to continue competing at Anfield for the highest prizes in European football?As long as the forward continues to score goals for Liverpool, supporters of the Reds will hope that the solution is clear-cut.
