In football, the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League start this Tuesday, March 11, 2025 with several posters on the program. There is in particular this enticing Liverpool-Psg, a week after the 1-0 in extremis of the English victory at the Parc des Princes. Mohamed Salah had been very discreet in Paris, but he will be the man to follow with the Reds during this return match. The Egyptian has built a true love story with its club and its supporters.
At the simple mention of his name, Phil’s face was enlightened instantly. This 50 -year -old supporter overflows with admiration for Mohamed Salah: ” Absolutely ! There are players like that. It is a privilege to have them, to look at them … You must not have loss of attention because they are capable, like that, on a gesture, to do something special with the ball … »»
And he has done special things, the Egyptian this season: 32 goals and 22 assists, while the month of March begins barely. An assessment that impresses everyone, and in particular his teammate Diogo Jota: “ It’s exceptional. I wonder if people have not stopped counting, because he just does incredible things. It makes such differences … Obviously, it helps us a lot. It’s good to have a player like him in the team. »»
Almost eight years after his arrival and about 400 games later, Moh Salah has already entered the history of the club. Matt Addison, journalist for the specialized site Liverpool.com, explains the whole path of the pharaoh with the Reds: “ When he arrived, he was very individualistic. He only wanted to score goals for himself. He changed as a player, I think he is less selfish. He also took a different dimension, in his own country and even on the whole African continent. It is someone who has more pressure on the shoulders than most other players. He always had to manage this. »»
At 32, Salah now seems completely fulfilled in Liverpool, a city and club where he found an ideal setting, as explained by another local journalist Neil Atkinson, presenter of the Podcast The Anfield Wrap: “ Salah has a complex identity. There is his faith, there is his nationality, there is his continent … But he has built a lot of things and spent pivotal moments of his life here, like the birth of his children. It’s a real liverpuldian now. And he has shown so much love and devotion to supporters … he is a Liverpool player because he desperately likes the club. »»
That does not prevent the star from raising the worst on her supporters for several months. At the end of the contract next June, Salah has still not agreed with the management of the Reds to extend. Questioned by English television last January, he left doubt about his future: ” Yes, there are six months left. In any case, these are my last months. There is no progress. We have not advanced in the negotiations. We just have to wait and see. »»
In a city where Salah’s face was reproduced on several frescoes, the question of a terrified departure of the supporters of the Reds. John does not want to think about it: ” It’s football. Sometimes you lose your favorite player. But that would break our hearts. It can be very very difficult. It is a phenomenon. And it may well be the next Ballon d’Or. »»
It would be a supreme individual consecration for Egyptian, which already wants to finish this season with a fanfare by winning the Premier League and, why not, the Champions League.
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