Mohamed Salah continues to climb. From the small town of Nagrig, north of Cairo, now the Liverpool striker runs to the top of the world. Mohamed Salah has just won the PFA Premier League Player of the Year award. This is an award in which the winner is chosen based on the sound of professional footballers in England.
Not a real surprise, given that Mohamed Salah did appear very impressive in his first season with Liverpool. So far the 25-year-old striker has made 43 goals in just 50 appearances as reported by Transfermarkt. His goals played a major role in bringing Liverpool competitive in the top four rivalries, even escaping them to the Champions League final.
Mohamed Salah is a footballer born in the town of Nagrig, 128 km north of Cairo, Egypt. He was born to a couple working for the government, growing up in a fairly well-off environment. Growing up in a capable family, Mohammed Salah who lives in a three-story level house does not make him spoiled. It was seen from his story with El Mokawloon, his first club.
El Mokawloon was first attracted to Mohamed Salah when they saw him in an inter-school tournament. At that time Mohamed Salah’s age is 14 years but has seen the speed and ability of his left foot special, so invited to join. What matters is: his club is located approximately 160 km from his home.
If the father is free, then Salah can enjoy a leisurely ride ushered in his family car. But often he had to leave alone: walk 1 km, then look for a vehicle to Basyoun to take a bus to Tanta, then transfer the bus to Cairo, and finally take another bus to the club.
It took four hours for Mohamed Salah just to practice, so he often got home in the middle of the night. But Salah is a hard worker, visible from the game until now: persistent, not reluctant to run to press opponents and try to grab the ball.
Mohamed Salah underwent his first-team debut at the club at the age of 18 and became a mainstay. His Performance with El Mokawloon then brings the interest of two Egyptian giants namely Al Ahly and Zamalek. But at the same time, Salah has ambitions for Europe.
Aided by former President El Mokawloon Sherif Habib, Mohamed Salah then flew to Switzerland and joined Basel. Hard work and humility make Salah easily adaptable, so soon become a club idol. He skyrocketed, incised 20 goals and 17 assists from 79 appearances.
That’s when Chelsea came to bring him. But everyone knows that Salah underwent a bad season at Chelsea, playing only 19 times for a season and a half until loaned to Fiorentina. At Fiorentina, Salah started to revive his career. For half the season he played 26 times with 9 goals and 4 assists. Then AS Roma interested and borrowed it. This loan itself could trigger a controversy because Fiorentina rate Chelsea broke the deal for receiving an offer from Roma. However, Mohamed Salah was not troubled by the polemic and incised 15 goals in 42 appearances in his first season. In his second season, his nicks improved with 19 goals from 41 matches.
Liverpool who need quick and hard-working players then bid on AS Roma with 42 million euros, which could be 50 million euros with bonuses. AS Roma who needed money to pass the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules accepted it. Mohamed Salah personally welcomed the move to Liverpool with enthusiasm. He points out that his decision to accept Liverpool’s proposal is not wrong. He became a new idol for Liverpool fans.