Former Liverpool star John Arne Riise believes Mohamed Salah should be the Player of the Year ahead of Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne. The Egyptian has had a fantastic first season for Liverpool as he has scored 36 times in 41 games, leading the top scorers’ chart in the Premier League.
De Bruyne has been in scintillating form for Manchester City and has already lifted the League Cup with the Cityzens. City are primed to pick up the Premier League title and will face Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals, which should see the two stars face each other.
Riise, who won the Champions League with us in 2005, suggested that Salah has done things that no one expected from him and even though De Bruyne has had a great season, Salah is the one who should win the Player of the Year award.
“I haven’t seen many players do the same things he has done in the first season at a new club. He is doing things nobody expected him to do,” the Norwegian told Liverpoolfc.com.
“He didn’t have a great time at Chelsea; he was good at Roma; but now he is doing things we have never seen before.
“Being a Liverpool fan, I want him to win every personal trophy. There are a few other players who have done well this year – Kevin de Bruyne has done well for City. I think it’s going to be tight between those two but, for me, Player of the Year is definitely Mo Salah.”
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Salah has been incredible this season and with a few more games left in the season, he is expected to win the Golden Boot and end up as the top scorer in the European leagues. Salah is ahead of Lionel Messi at the moment and if he keeps on scoring, there is no doubt that he will win a number of individual accolades.
Riise also compared Salah to one of our best strikers in recent times but the former Liverpool man believes our magical Egyptian still has a lot to show us at Anfield.
“He’s not even a typical striker either – he’s on the right wing at times,” added Riise.
“What Torres did was unbelievable, that season he was really on fire. Now, Mo Salah is doing even better. It’s hard to imagine such a big achievement and the season isn’t even over.
“He can still do more. I don’t think even Jurgen Klopp expected him to do that.”
Hopefully, Salah can lead us to a win over City in the Champions League and if he keeps firing in the goals, we just might lift the trophy for the sixth time.
