Carragher: Salah is more than a traditional winger

CAIRO – 5 November 2017: Jamie Carragher has described Mohamed Salah as the stand-out signing beside Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku.

“Of all the transfers last summer, none has had more impact than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah,” Carragher wrote in his daily column on Telegraph.

“Romelu Lukaku has also made an immediate impression at Manchester United – who have made a better start to this season – but Salah has only one goal fewer than the center-forward. It is some goal rate. Since Luis Suârez was sold to Barcelona in 2015, the most goals any Liverpool player has scored in a season are 14,” he added.

Carragher continued, “When I saw Salah score his first for the club at Watford on the opening day, I felt this was a player who would score 15 this season. I underestimated. He is on schedule to get 25.”

“The Egyptian is more than a traditional winger. He is a wide striker with the ability to get into goal-scoring positions every time he plays. There has been plenty of criticism of Liverpool’s recruitment in recent years – much of it deserved. But just as with the signing of Sadio Mané in 2016, they have spent very well in bringing Salah back to England after his disappointing spell at Chelsea,” he wrote.

“Paying over £35 million ($46 million) seemed risky, but as was the case with Mané, Salah already looks to be worth more than he cost,” Carragher concluded.