To think they almost let him go to Saudi. Why Madrid didn’t come in for him 6 years ago, like they seem to with every fecking world class player we get, is beyond me.
Mo Salah
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Don’t forget AFCON
We didn't? We rejected huge offers from Saudi, it wasn't close.
Not happening this season.
We haven’t had that problem for a long time now. If anything we’re now the Madrid retirement house.
You dithered like mad before finally offering him a figure near what he’s worth.
We haven’t had anybody worth nicking!
Other than Ronaldo, who’ve they nicked that we wanted to keep?
Suarez did not have the help that Salah had. Salah had a proper functioning midfield, a world class back line and a world class keeper. The only comparable if the supporting cast in attack, where Suarez has Sterling and Sturridge. Liverpool absolutely banged the goals in for fun that season, but were let down by atrocious defending. And Suarez did all that having missed the first 8 or so games of the season with suspension. That Suarez season was unreal - I still think it is the best single player performance in the PL era. If Suarez hadn’t been done for racism, Liverpool may well have won the whole thing that season.
For one year definitely, maybe two, or three at a stretch. It’s Salah’s consistency over 8 years and longevity which puts him clear of Suarez imo but that 13-14 season was really something else, never had that feeling of awe about Salah until perhaps this season and his first.
I know. It’s a reference to something else…
No idea what this thread has to do with the 8 time Ballon D'or winner and the 5 time ballon D'or winner. It's a Salah thread!
Suarez had consistency too - if you combine his Liverpool, Barcelona and Atletico seasons.
Henry's mark was 44 goal contributions if I'm not mistaken. Salah is at 31 as per some posts on twitter (rather than the 30 I'm reading here). Barring a collapse, he'll shatter it.
What about club legend Henderson, club icon Gerrard (13 goals, 13 assists) and soon to be £140m man Coutinho(5+7 from 28 apps)?
Jeez, what a season he's having so far.
Yeah and Champions League. I was just going off the league stats.
Why exclude Ronaldo? It’s debatable how much Heinze or Beckham actually wanted to leave, but Ruud wanted out - he even asked for a Madrid clause in his contract. It just so happens Fergie saw his arse and benched him first. Then you’ve got the constant unsettling of any decent players we do have like De Gea or Pogba.
Them never coming in for city’s Spanish players sort of made sense because of whatever money they must’ve been getting under the table. But Liverpool only put Salah above 200k 18 months ago!
that vs Bale thread is starting to look silly.
That’s why I excluded him. He obviously fits the description.
SAF didn’t want to keep Beckham. I agree with the messing around of De Gea.
Getting his arm broken by a Madrid icon may not have endeared the club to him. But that’s a fair point in general about City players being out of bounds for Madrid but other teams’ players not.
Coutinho, Sterling and especially Sturridge who was ridiculous that season also helped a lot.
You'll get supporting players who get boosted due to that one standout player. If you rewatch that 13-14 season you'll see just how much of an absolute titan of a solo season it was.
While this certainly is possible, it has to be said that Liverpool didn't really improve when he got back. Suarez missed 5 matches, where they got 10 points, and they pretty much held that exact point average (they sat at 47 points after 24 games) until they went on their almost title winning run between fixtures 25 and 35. Suarez insane scoring form was mainly before this run, where he scored 23 goals in his first 18 matches of the season, and then just 8 in the last 15. Now I'm not saying that it wasn't one of the best individual seasons of the PL era, it was, but his teammate Daniel Sturridge scored in more games than he did in this season (while playing less matches).
Sturridge kept them in it with crucial goals in low scoring matches before Suarez returned. I remember him scoring against us at Anfield.
If you take Suarez out of that team then they're not getting close to that title.
No doubt. But Sturridge scored in 20 games that season, that shouldn't be underestimated. He also had a lot of crucial goal contributions in close matches. If they had a worse player there, they wouldn't have come close to winning the title.
Oh, absolutely. And likewise for Sturridge, is all I’m saying.
What a daft post when the last 2 pages have been around all sorts of themes on the fringes of the subject of Salah.
Meh! Nothing compared to Grealish 0 goals and 2 assists across the whole of 2024.
Sturridge's points-per-goal ratio must be close to the best in the EPL. He never seemed to score unnecessary goals.
Do you have problems with reading comprehension? What does the thread have to do with Messi and Ronaldo? What a random non-sequiter in your post.
What's your problem on a thread people are on about Giggs, Suarez and numerous other players?
What's your beef with my post versus almost every other post on this page and last? Some mentioning Ronaldo as well. Bizarre stuff.
You picked the wrong guy. I'd also protect Leo like he's my brother, and family trumps country
On a serious note, Messi is in a league of his own. He’s the G.O.A.T. with all the skills Salah possesses and more. He’s been performing at the highest level consistently, since he was five years or professionally, since he was 16/17—and for two decades now!
Salah is brilliant and I love him but he doesn't transcend players like R9, Pele, Diego and Leo. His CV is still lacking a bit. TBH, I think there is an element of knee-jerk reaction here, partly 'cause Messi is not in the same kind of European spotlight anymore.
Your question makes it sound like Mo is already the GOAT or a GOAT contender, or at worse second to Messi. He's not. As much as I love Mo, there's a wide gap between the two, and I don't think it will ever be filled. He can get close though, may be make it to top 20 or 10 players? of all time, but to do that, he needs to win more trophies and, unfortunately for him (and us), lead a mediocre Egyptian team to glory.
Yeah true, I wouldn’t know who to pick when comparing them overall. I was talking about their stints at Liverpool.
Suarez had more “magic” moments while Salah looks more like a robotic machine.
No idea what your childish tantrum was about. I asked what the random post whinging about Ronaldo getting taunted had to do with Salah?
You're response was an emotional post calling the question daft). The only thing bizarre is the sequence of posts you've made here on a Salah thread.
Truly bizarre. Can't be wasting any more time on this.
Who's making you? Go clog up another thread crying about poor Ronaldo getting taunted
Suarez is a disgusting human being though.
Suarez scored 31 without penalties in a season Liverpool took like 12(hence Gerrard scoring a lot). Imagine if he'd taken penalties, he'd have broken 40 league goals. While missing the first 5 games through suspension. It was in a weak PL, but he also did that for Brentan on a team that until the last 10 games or so - when Sterling and Coutinho started coming good - was basically him and Sturridge, when the latter wasm't injured, trying to outscore their own defence
That season and Cristiano in 07/08 are the two best players the PL has ever seen.
That season and Cristiano in 07/08 are the two best players the PL has ever seen.
Truly bizarre. Can't be wasting any more time on this.
Can you both cut it out?Who's making you? Go clog up another thread crying about poor Ronaldo getting taunted
Seems fair. He'd have needed to score 9 of 12 and he wasn't a bad penalty taker. Still not sure how he compares to Henry in his prime (regarding your last sentence).