On this day (June 22) in 2017, Liverpool completed the signing of Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah from AS Roma.
The Reds landed the lightning-quick forward for £34million (BBC) on the back of two successful seasons in Italy scoring 34 goals and registering 22 assists in 83 appearances.
This was to be Salah’s second venture in the Premier League, following a relatively unsuccessful spell with Chelsea.
Dubbed the ‘Egyptian King’, the left-footed maestro wasted little time in making an impact on Merseyside as Salah broke a host of records during a perfect debut Anfield season.
Since then the ace has gone on to become a phenomenon for the club, contributing to glorious successes both as a team and individually.
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The 29-year-old has shown no signs of allowing standards to drop as, despite struggles elsewhere in 2020/21, Salah still managed a superb 31 goals in 51 outings in all competitions – taking the overall tally to 125 goals and 47 assists in 203 outings.
Not only a star at club level, but the forward has also truly become one of the leading players in world football with a staggering 43 goals in 69 caps for Egypt.
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After failing to live up to expectations at Stamford Bridge following a promising career at Basel, the arrival of Salah was rather tempered with uncertainty over what type of player Liverpool were getting.
Any doubts have well and truly been put to rest since however as the man dubbed by many as a ‘one season wonder’, has gone on to prove everyone wrong time and time again.
Trophies and goals aplenty have come since the £90million valued Egyptian became a Red – long may it continue.
