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Jun22020 by JBNo Comments

How Mohamed Salah was converted from defender to a forward

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah "was always very quick and getting into good positions" as his academy coach said he moved him from left-back into a forward position. Attending the El Mokawloon FC academy in Cairo during his youth days, Mo Salah actually started as a defender, but El Shishiny saw some attacking prowess in him and moved the Egyptian further up the pitch, (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Salah would travel for four hours every day from his village of Nagrig to Cairo and back as he pursued a career in football. El Shishiny says he is the one who engineered Salah's promotion to the El Mokawloon first team, where he made his debut in the Egyptian League as a 17-year-old in 2010. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “Many coa...

May172020 by JBNo Comments

REVEALED: Mohamed Salah turned down Real Madrid move in 2018

Premier League, La Liga

Real Madrid made a move to sign Mohamed Salah around the time Liverpool lost to Zinedine Zidane's side in the Champions League final. Salah enjoyed an outstanding 2017-18 season, scoring 32 Premier League goals and providing 10 assists. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); However, his bid for European glory with Liverpool ended in heartbreak, after a tussle with Real defender Sergio Ramos saw him leave the final in Kiev with an injured shoulder. Jurgen Klopp's side went on to lose 3-1 and Mo Salah embarked on a race to be fit in time for Egypt's World Cup season in Russia. Chiellini reveals Sergio Ramos knew he could break Mo Salah’s arm in CL final Emery hits out Arsenal, revealing how Aaron Ramsey injury led to his sack The ex-Roma forward scored...

May162020 by JBNo Comments

Chiellini reveals Sergio Ramos knew he could break Mo Salah’s arm in CL final

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Juventus centre-back Giorgio Chiellini has described Sergio Ramos’ takedown of Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in the 2018 Champions League final as a “masterstroke”. Sergio Ramos grabbed Salah by the arm and took him to the ground in the first half of the clash in Kiev, causing the Egypt star to be substituted with a shoulder injury. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Salah was in tears as he left the pitch and Zinedine Zidane’s side capitalised on the absence of the Egyptian, going on to win the final 3-1. Ramos pleaded innocence afterwards but Chiellini says the Spaniard knew what he was doing and said it’s an example of his “devilish wit”. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “They say he's impulsive, not tactical at all, that...

Oct282019 by JBNo Comments

Klopp provides Mohamed Salah injury update after Liverpool beat Tottenham

Premier League

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has eased concerns Mohamed Salah suffered another injury during the side’s hard-fought Premier League win over Tottenham. The Premier League leaders maintained their six-point gap at the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Spurs at Anfield. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); England striker Harry Kane put struggling Tottenham in front with a header within 48 seconds and goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga pulled off a number of outstanding saves to thwart Liverpool. But the hosts equalised through Jordan Henderson and Salah thumped home a winner from the penalty spot as Liverpool were able to extend their unbeaten run at home to 45 matches. Despite the win, Liverpool supporters were concerned Salah had picked up another injur...

Oct232019 by JBNo Comments

Brendan Rodgers bites back at Jurgen Klopp over Mohamed Salah complaint

Premier League

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has hit back at Jurgen Klopp, claiming his criticism of midfielder Hamza Choudhury was way over the top. The England Under-21 international drew the ire of the Liverpool boss after his challenge on Mohamed Salah during the recent Premier League game between the two clubs with an ankle injury. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Despite a two-week rest during the international break, Salah had not recovered in time to play in last Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Manchester United but is in contention to play a part against Genk in the Champions League. Klopp, meanwhile, was angry with Choudhury and accused the 22-year-old of recklessness and warned the player he was in danger of earning a reputation having also been inv...

Oct72019 by JBNo Comments

Liverpool provide injury update on Mohamed Salah after limping off against Leicester

Premier League

Liverpool have eased fears over Mohamed Salah, after initial checks appear to show his injury in their 2-1 win against Leicester City is not as serious as first feared. But furious manager Jurgen Klopp believes the time has finally come to offer more protection to the Egyptian, to stop the superstars of world football being kicked out of the game. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Salah was raked down the Achilles by midfielder Hamza Choudhury, and even though he tried to continue, was forced to limp out of the match. That raised fears of a serious injury, and afterwards, Klopp was furious. He initially turned his anger on Choudhury, but later raised a wider question about protection for players like Mohamed Salah. The German coach believes footbal...

Oct22019 by JBNo Comments

Sadio Mane speaks out again on ‘fight’ with Mohamed Salah

Premier League

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has conceded that he felt “frustration” towards Mohamed Salah after an incident that led to the pair having an on-field tiff, but he is insisting that the spat is now behind them. Along with Roberto Firmino, the pair have formed one of the deadliest offensive trios in Europe over the past two seasons, yet there were signs of a rift when the Egyptian failed to give a pass to Mane against Burnley in a 3-0 win last month. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Mane, though, says that his emotions were due to his desire for Liverpool to strive for excellence at every moment of games. “I felt frustration because it’s football, you want to score more goals. You see Man City score six, seven, eight and we know we can do that,” he said...

Sep262019 by JBNo Comments

FIFA reveals bizarre reason for voiding Egypt’s The Best votes for Mohamed Salah

Premier League

FIFA has explained why some votes for Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah to win The Best FIFA Men's Player award were not counted. The Egyptian did not finish in the top three of the ballot, with his nominations from Egypt's captain and manager not included. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Salah appeared to be angry when FIFA released the full list of voting without his country's selections. He removed a reference to Egypt from his Twitter bio and posted a message that read: "Whatever they do to try to change my love for Egypt, they will not succeed." However, FIFA moved to clarify why those particular votes for Salah were not included in a statement released to Omnisport on Thursday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The gov...

Sep212019 by JBNo Comments

Lampard reveals why Mo Salah flopped at Chelsea

Premier League

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says Mohamed Salah’s ability was ‘clear’ during his time with the blues but that the Egyptian suffered due to a lack of opportunities. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The winger moved to Stamford Bridge in 2013 but played just 19 matches for the club before signing for Roma permanently in 2016. Jose Mourinho won the Premier League on his return to the club in 2014 and the Portuguese manager favoured the likes of Oscar, Willian and Eden Hazard ahead of Salah. Liverpool travel to west London on Sunday to take on Chelsea and Lampard, who was at the club during Salah’s stint at the club, says the Egypt international joined the club at the wrong time. ‘It is hard because everyone has their own pathways,’ said Lampard. ...

Sep72019 by JBNo Comments

‘Salah is obsessed with finishing’: Arsene Wenger hits out at Liverpool forward for being too greedy

Premier League

Former Arsene Wenger has given his verdict on the Mohamed Salah-Sadio Mane saga, believing the Egypt forward is "too obsessed" with scoring and needs to improve his decision making. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp was forced to play down Mane's angry display after being substituted in the 3-0 victory at Burnley last week. The Senegal international, who scored his fourth goal in as many matches, become annoyed after failing to receive a pass from Mohamed Salah late in the game. He was taken off afterwards and proceeded to show a side to his character rarely seen in the forward, while Salah came under fire for his part in the incident. And Arsene Wenger has highlighted where Salah can improve his game, although he did ...