Since his record-breaking 32-Premier League goal debut season for Liverpool in 2017/18, Salah has been among the world’s best. The following seasons were incredible, but never quite surpassed that initial magic.
However, what he achieved was remarkable – he won more on a collective level. By the end of 2018/19, he was a UEFA Champions League winner and a global superstar.
In 2019/20, he was Liverpool’s top scorer in a title-winning season, and by the end of 2021/22, he had joined the Premier League’s 100 Club, surpassing a century of goals in the top flight.
Two-and-a-half years later, Salah is on the verge of breaking new single-season records, potentially winning a second Premier League title, a fourth Golden Boot, and more. This season he has contributed 25 goals and 17 assists in the Premier League alone, and 52 GA across all competitions. The 32-year-old is already one of the greatest footballers to have played in England and, undoubtedly, one of the best to have ever played the sport.
To be the top goalscorer in Europe and one of the greatest ever in the Premier League is enough to put Salah in the conversation for the world’s best player. Is he as aesthetically pleasing as the likes of Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe? Perhaps not.
Salah’s football is not always the most exciting thing to watch, a point so heavily stressed by Chelsea fans who peddle the never-ending debate with Eden Hazard.
The Egyptian will never have the stardust of Neymar or the ability to keep the crowd on the edge of their seats for 90 minutes, but he has efficiency and consistency only matched by the true greats.
This could be an all-time great season from the Liverpool man, and if he were to leave Anfield this summer when his contract expires, he may do so with a Premier League title, Golden Boot, and ultimately the Ballon d’Or.
