Liverpool finally completed the signing of one of the primary targets for the summer with Mohamed Salah joining us for a fee of £36.9 million from Serie A side Roma (Guardian).
The deal had been kept on tenterhooks for a week or so as our initial bid of £28 million (Independent) was deemed to be too low for one of the best players in the Italian league last season.
Salah becomes the most expensive player in the history of the club, thankfully Andy Carroll can be removed from that mark, and many will expect him to continue his goal scoring and creating ways like he was doing for fun in Italy.
The 25-year-old certainly has the pace and ability to make life difficult for defences in England and even Jurgen Klopp was pleased with his capture. The German did say that Salah’s speed and attacking ability would work great for us and with Sadio Mane on the other wing, we would be one of the toughest attacks to play against. Klopp was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying;
“His pace is incredible, he gives us more attacking threat and we are already strong in this area. I like that we will make it even more competitive,” the German said.
“Most important though, for us, is that he is hungry, willing and eager to be even better and improve further
“He is an ambitious player who wants to win and win at the highest level; he knows he can fulfil those ambitions with Liverpool. I welcome him and his family into our Liverpool family.
This is a story of second time lucky for us as Salah should have been a Red prior to signing for Chelsea. But with a number of years of experience under his belt, the Egyptian is a better player now and should be prepared for the rigors of the Premier League.
If he ends up having a similar impact as that of the Senegalese, we could be in for one fantastic season.
Our fans too seem to be pleased with the signing, at least some of them, and here are some of the best reactions from Twitter on Salah’s signing.
Liverpool’s front 4 next season:
Coutinho
Mane
Firmino
Salah@LFC fans right now…https://t.co/Yqfmg3jHnq— SPORF (@Sporf) June 23, 2017
Waking up and remembering we have signed Salah! pic.twitter.com/RZPuWIyWwM
— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) June 23, 2017
Salah & Mane fully fit and firing can be a devastating cocktail of pace, dynamism,craft, graft and goals. Perfect wide men in a 4-3-3.
— Babanla (@biolakazeem) June 23, 2017
Solanke. Ex-Chavski. Salah. Ex-Chavski. Who next, John Terry? Be handy for his Ma… #LFC
— Kop Magazine (@TheKopMagazine) June 22, 2017
Mohamed Salah to Liverpool could be like an Eden Hazard. Not as good, but still excellent. They very much remind me of each other.
— Macaroni (@Macaroni_75) June 22, 2017
Mohamed Salah clocked 35.4 km/h in a Serie A match last season. Usain Bolt averaged a speed of 37.58 km/h during his 100m world record ♂️
— Klopp (@BundesligaLFC) June 22, 2017
Got to admit, with Mane & Salah on either wing, Liverpool have got some frightening pace! It’s ok though, Ben Davies will be fine!
— Dave W (@spudly77) June 22, 2017
Isn’t it incredible that Liverpool’s record signing until today had been Andy Carroll? And that Salah is only £1.9m more expensive.
— Artur Petrosyan (@arturpetrosyan) June 22, 2017
Waking up knowing you signed Mohamed Salah #salah pic.twitter.com/Ktz9GVTJbM
— Anything Liverpool (@Anything_LFC) June 23, 2017
Liverpool fans realising after signing Mohamed Salah that they’re first team to take the premier league spending budget over 1 billion. pic.twitter.com/c7CMBFbSWJ
— Transfer Swoop (@SwoopTransfer) June 22, 2017
Do you know what’s mad? Salah is just the beginning of the transfer window for Liverpool. Exciting times ahead.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) June 22, 2017
Hey Roberto, is it OK if Salah takes the number 11 shirt? pic.twitter.com/YjsgQy75f7
— Klopp (@BundesligaLFC) June 22, 2017
