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Despite being linked with European supergiants Real Madrid, it was revealed on Monday that Liverpool star Mohamed Salah had signed a new 5-year long contract with the club. This news has come as a huge boost for the fans as many feared that their Egyptian King would leave them this summer. Although there is no guarantee that Salah will stay at Anfield beyond next season, there could be at least one more year of the magic at the club.
The forward has been a revelation since his £36 million move to Liverpool last summer. The Egyptian just hit the ground running and never seemed to be having any problem settling at his new club. Salah started scoring on his league debut for the Reds and couldn't stop doing it until the end of the season.
While mesmerising the lovers of the game with the talent in his feet, the Egyptian took home some major trophies and broke more than a few records which were previously held by some true legends.
The 2017/18 season with Liverpool has been one filled with so many great moments on and off the pitch for Salah. Here are five such great moments from the attacker's life at Merseyside so far:
#5 The bromance with Dejan Lovren
When Liverpool played, it was always the attacking trio of Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane who ran the show. Naturally many would have expected the three to be best friends off the pitch as well. However, Liverpool's number 11 found a best bud in Dejan Lovren of all the people.
While Salah was lauded for racking up goals, Lovren was facing as worse as death threats from his own fans at one point of the last season. Though a good friendship between the two seemed to be an unlikely one for more than a handful of reasons, it happened.
The duo exchanged a lot of banter on social media platforms like Instagram and without any doubt personally as well. The bromance between the two players got too strong that the Liverpool media team decided to let them have a coffee chat...in front of a camera. The video was received very well by the Liverpool faithful and hit one million views on Youtube within no time.
We will be getting to see more of the 'Salovren' combo in the upcoming season and that is exciting.
#4 The prank
Well, the coffee chat with Lovren was not the only time the Liverpool media team used Salah to get some fan engagement on social media. On 28th of March, the team's Youtube channel released a video in which the Egyptian player bursts through a wall to surprise kids who were made to do commentary on Liverpool matches. And Oh Boy! That one just blew up.
Liverpool's new favourite superstar suddenly bursting through a wall was enough to get some epic reactions from the kids and that was enough to make the video go viral to hit a staggering 9 million views.
It turned out to be one of the best works ever done by the Liverpool media team and got them some serious amount of appreciation. Now, they know how to make use of Salah off the pitch and it won't be surprising if they do more of it next season.
The 26-year-old putting big smiles on the faces of these innocent children is too good to be missed.
#3 Leading Liverpool to the Champions League final
Before the start of the UEFA Champions League campaign last season not many would have fancied Liverpool to reach the finals of the tournament. With the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Manchester City having their eyes locked on the big prize, it was too ambitious for the Reds to even think about making it.
Liverpool even had to play a qualifier against Hoffenheim to make sure a Champions League spot. They lost their number 10 midway through the season, faced Premier League champions Manchester City in the quarterfinals and a resilient AS Roma in the semi-finals. But the Jurgen Klopp-managed side overcame all the odds and reached the finals of the tournament.
And leading the way for the team were the marvellous trio of Salah, Firmino and Mane. The three scored a stunning total of 30 goals between them in the tournament with them scoring 10 apiece. The Liverpool attack ripping apart defences and scoring goals for fun was a dazzling site to see.
When the team reached the finals of the competition, there emerged a feeling that the Liverpool that all feared was finally back. But all dreams shattered like a piece of glass when Salah went of injured in the 30th minute of the game. Their star man's departure was the beginning of Liverpool's that night.
Although they had to go home with their heads hanging, how a Liverpool side led by Jordan Henderson reached the Champions League finals in 2018 will always remain in the hearts of everyone related with the club.
#2 The 32nd goal
Salah might not have been able to win anything as a team, but he broke some records that were previously held by top legends of the game. One of those accolades was the Premier League goalscoring record.
The most amount of goals scored by a single individual in a Premier League season of 38 matches was 31 until last season. Until Salah took the league by storm. This record was held by three top players by the names of Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez.
It was this record that Salah made to his name with ease. Or at least made it look like he did it with ease. In any of the three seasons prior to the last one, Harry Kane's tally of 30 would have been enough to claim the golden boot, but Salah's brilliance took away the England forward's chance to take home the award for the third time in a row.
#1 Winning the PFA Player of the Year
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?
