Meet Mohamed Zidan, the man Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told ‘100 times’ was better than Mo Salah – The Sun

MOHAMED SALAH has excelled since becoming a member of Liverpool from Roma again in the summertime of 2017.

He has bagged a fairly good 95 objectives in 145 Premier League appearances for the Reds and been an integral a part of Jurgen Klopp’s transformation on the membership.

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However fellow Egyptian Mohamed Zidan has revealed the previous Borussia Dortmund boss advised him he thought he was ‘100 occasions’ higher than Salah whereas on the German facet.

Chatting with ON Sport in January 2020, Zidan stated: “Klopp advised me that I used to be higher than Salah 100 hundred occasions however I wanted to be extra skilled.

“Klopp stated to me that I’ve an incredible expertise and expertise however I would like to pay attention extra. If I did this I might be among the finest gamers on the planet.”

Nonetheless, whereas Zidan loved a stable profession with groups comparable to Dortmund, Mainz, Hamburg and Werder Bremen, he admits he lacked work ethic, which meant he by no means hit the heights Salah has carried out in latest seasons.

“I needed to be extra devoted to coaching and be extra skilled to succeed in Salah’s degree previously,” he added.

“Salah is extra skilled than me and extra devoted to soccer like Ronaldo and Messi.”

Zidan netted 102 membership objectives in 294 video games all through his 16-year profession, however by no means managed to bag 20 in a single season.

Salah, then again, scored 44 occasions in his first season for Liverpool and adopted that up with 27 after which 28 within the final two campaigns.

And upon arriving at Anfield, Zidan stated again in November 2018 that Salah was carrying on an extended legacy of Egyptians taking part in within the Premier League.

Chatting with Objective, he stated: “He’s instance, as we have been earlier than – me and different Egyptian colleagues who performed in Europe, like Mido, Ahmed Hassan and plenty of different gamers who performed in prime leagues.

“Now Mo Salah is constant the legacy of Egyptian gamers in Europe to make the Egyptian youngsters maintain dreaming, as a result of he’s certainly one of us.

“As we speak is Mo Salah time, it’s going very properly, he’s giving hope to all Egyptians after which sooner or later will probably be different youngsters from Egypt that may play in Europe.”