Ought to Liverpool handle to raise main silverware this time period, they’ll have Mo Salah and his outstanding numbers in entrance of objective to thank largely.
The previous Serie A star has been in really phenomenal kind within the 2024/25 season, topping the objective contributions charts within the Premier League and Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
An extra objective and two assists towards West Ham within the English top-flight on Sunday took him to 30 objectives and assists in 18 league video games.
“Mo and the phrase extraordinary is one thing I’ve heard rather a lot within the final six months — he really deserves this. I don’t suppose he retains stunning us,” Arne Slot was quoted by the Mirror.
“We all know what a participant he’s and we all know what he’s in a position to do. However aside from that, he works actually onerous for the crew additionally when the opposite crew has the ball and yeah, we will solely hope that he can hold bringing these performances in.
“However I wish to add that if he scores, there’s additionally a lead as much as him scoring. So there are additionally different gamers that deliver him in these positions, however when you deliver Mo in these positions, he’s extraordinary. Undoubtedly.”
Give Mo Salah his flowers
Paul Merson might imagine that Cole Palmer is extra deserving of particular person recognition than our Egyptian No.11, however a minimum of he’s nonetheless incomes loads of plaudits throughout the board.
Darren Bent was the newest to share his admiration for the right-sided winger, reacting incredulously to the participant’s complete of 37 objective contributions in 26 video games this time period.
“It’s a joke, however that’s how good he’s,” the 40-year-old spoke on TalkSPORT.
“I’ve mentioned that. His numbers, if you take a look at them, you possibly can’t fairly imagine he’s acquired that many objectives and assists. The ending… a few of the passing as effectively for different peoples’ alternatives is simply phenomenal.”
What is going on with Salah’s contract?
We had hoped for a major breakthrough in talks with a minimum of one in every of our three star males (Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk) forward of the January 1 deadline.
Sadly, our top-scorer just lately confirmed that he was ‘far-off’ from with the ability to provide some optimistic information about his contract – at present set to run out in the summertime.
Nonetheless, there stays a stage of confidence round Liverpool that the 32-year-old will ultimately put pen to paper on recent phrases, based on the uber-reliable David Ornstein.
All we will do is hold our fingers crossed on that entrance!
