“Salah can do it like Messi and Ronaldo,” Slot insists

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has expressed no doubts about Mohamed Salah‘s longevity at the top level, putting the Egyptian star alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

32 years old as of mid-June, Mohamed Salah has yet to show signs of regression. Scored against Brighton (2-1 win) last weekend, the player Liverpool he took his totals to 7 goals and 5 assists in 10 games this season in the league. Starting on the same basis as he had since he came in England in 2017-2018.

Life of the captain of the Pharaohs from Egypt (101 caps, 58 goals) that doesn’t go unnoticed. Correctly questioned at a press conference ahead of Leverkusen’s Champions League showdown, coach Arne Slot expressed no doubt about the left-back’s ability to continue playing at the highest level.

Salah like Messi and Cristiano, according to Slot

The Batavian technician even compared the native of Nagrig to the references of Cristiano Ronaldo (38 years old) and Lionel Messi (36 years old), both considered in many ways as the best players of all time .

“Mohamed Salah can match Messi and Cristiano in terms of influence and age. There is no reason to think it will drop in the grade.”he said.

Then it develops: “Cristiano Ronaldo, how old is he today? He is still doing very well. (Lion) Messi is still unpredictable. Amazingly. But there are also players like me who were not that good at 33 now – not that I was that good at 26, but I came back a bit earlier than Ronaldo and Messi! I don’t know what the future holds, but what I do know is that Mo is in a very good place right now. » The interested party will surely appreciate it.