The smiling Egyptian. Absolutely outstanding in his first season with Arne Slot. Wait, Salah has mostly been brilliant in the Liverpool shirt, season in, season out. As a recent Premier League champion, with 28 goals and 18 assists in 35 games, Salah takes time for a chat with French side L’Equipe.

Liverpool’s third highest scoring player of all time chats a bit loosely with the French newspaper, one of the topics that is touched upon, is his relationship with former teammate Sadio Mané. The two formed part of the super trio with Firmino.

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“Yes, there were tensions with Sadio, but we were professional until the very end. I don’t think it affected the team either. It’s human to want more – I understand that. He is a competitive person. Off the pitch we weren’t very close, but we always respected each other,” Salah said.

Who was asked about allegations that he was too ego and wanted to score himself.

“People can think what they want, it’s their right, but I would encourage everyone to notice who gave Mané the most assists. It’s me,” Salah said.

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