Former Manchester City playmaker Samir Nasri has revealed that he prefers Riyad Mahrez over Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Mahrez got his name on the scoresheet for City during Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Leicester City, whilst Salah helped the Reds to Club World Cup glory.
Nasri feels that Salah is not as much as a team player as the Algerian. As quoted on Tribal Football, Nasri said:
Between Mahrez and Salah, I would prefer to work alongside Mahrez. Why? Because he is Algerian and I also like his style of play.
Mahrez is a collective player, while Salah is much more an individual player. He only aspires to score goals. I wouldn’t say Salah is selfish, but he runs behind goals and statistics.
Mahrez, meanwhile, you can play a one-two with him. He is a player with whom you can easily develop.
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Salah has earned a reputation of being a little bit ‘greedy’ in recent months, especially after his bust-up with Sadio Mane at Turf Moor.
The Egyptian international has become obsessed with scoring goals and that sometimes can be mistaken for being more of an individual player than a team player.
He’s also provided some wonderful assists recently and links up brilliantly on multiple occasions with teammates. So you might want to rethink, Samir.
