Salah’s stay with Liverpool is difficult: Mido

CAIRO- 3 January 2019: Ahmed Hossam ‘Mido’, former Egypt & Tottenham player, believes that Mohamed Salah’s stay in the Premier league with Liverpool will be difficult if Real Madrid or Barcelona wanted him.

"You never know in football. If Barcelona or Real Madrid come for you your head is going to flip -- all the players are like that," Mido, who played for a number of Premier League clubs in the 2000s as well as winning 51 caps for Egypt, told CNN Sport in an interview late last year.

"Barcelona and Real Madrid are different -- no disrespect to Liverpool. I think Barcelona and Real Madrid were waiting to see how Salah would do this season -- they don't buy players after only one good or great season.


Ahmed Hossam "Mido" attends his first soccer training session in the club at Helmy Zamora Stadium in Cairo, January 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Salah’s current season is exceptional as he continues his amazing performance for the second season in a row with Liverpool, which let him to be amongst the top three players in the World in 2018.

"I think if Salah scores 25 plus goals, I think they will come for him and it will be difficult for Liverpool to keep him."
Liverpool is set to face Manchester City on Thursday night in the 21st round of the Premier league in a decisive match in the journey to the league title.