5 great moments from Mohamed Salah's Liverpool career so far

#1 Winning the PFA Player of the Year

PFA Awards 2018 - Grosvenor House Hotel — When those who doubted you clap for you

Before Liverpool, Salah had a stint with Chelsea which didn't go very well. Ever since his return to the Premier League with the Reds, it was always on his agenda to prove his doubters wrong.

The Egyptian struggled to find playing time under Jose Mourinho and was eventually sold to Italy, where he had stints with Fiorentina and AS Roma. The 26-year-old used his time in Italy to develop his skills and returned to England as a changed man.

In most of the interviews that the player gave after his return to the Premier League, he mentioned his intent to prove those who looked down at him wrong. And come the end of the season, he was standing there with the PFA Player of the Year award in his hands.

With 32 goals and 10 assists to his name, Salah was handed the award given to the best Premier League player of the season. There was no doubt that he had made his doubters stand up and clap for him.

Truly an inspirational story isn't it?

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Dakir is a European and Indian football journalist at Sportskeeda with an overall experience of 10 years. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism & Mass Communication, and currently pursuing Master’s in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, he is a seasoned football journalist who has interviewed the likes of former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, covered the entire 2022-23 Indian Super League season of the Kerala Blasters, and has delivered a seminar at an international conference held by St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.

Thanks to his extensive academic background in journalism, Dakir understands the importance of accuracy and spends a significant amount of time researching the subject. In today’s data-driven world of football, where players are perceived as machines, he prides himself amplify the voices of the people that make football the beautiful game that it is.

He started following football in 2013, and more specifically, Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool, and admires Jurgen Klopp for his untouched charisma and unmatched legacy. A perpetual underdog supporter, he is a fan of under-fire Reds forward Darwin Nunez and can’t wait for him to show the world what he truly is. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s iconic “corner taken quickly” corner assist for Divock Origi in Liverpool’s 4-0 UCL semifinal win over Barcelona left a lasting impact on him.

When not writing, Dakir enjoys indulging in his guilty pleasure - watching mass commercial movies.

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