Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah "Abu Makkah" continued his creativity with his English football team, Liverpool, in 2020, following the approach of his previous years in his busy career with the red team.
And after winning several titles and prizes since joining Liverpool from Rome in June 2017, he carried 2020 good news for Salah after winning for the first time with the team the Premier League title, which was suspended from March until last June due to the repercussions of the Corona virus, Which caused the matches to be held behind closed doors.
Salah played an important role in restoring the Premier League title, which he has been absent from for 3 decades, after he was the top scorer in the ancient competition with 19 goals, and he also made 10 other goals to lead his team to win the championship for the 19th time in its history, reducing the difference with Manchester United, the owner The record number of championship wins, to only one title.
And the player became the first Egyptian to win the Premier League throughout the history of the competition, while he became the second Arab player to win the title after Algerian Riyad Mahrez, who achieved the same achievement twice with his former club Leicester City in the 2015-2016 season, and his current team, Manchester City, in the 2018-2019 season.
"Abu Makkah" is the first Egyptian player to win the Premier League title (Reuters)
Salah hopes to lead the "Reds" towards retaining the Premier League title this season, as the team is currently at the top of the championship after 15 stages of the competition.
The "Egyptian King" continues to shake the net of his rivals in the local championship this season, as he is currently the top scorer in the league with 13 goals.
Salah aspires to regain the "Golden Boot" award as the top scorer for the season in the competition, which he obtained for his first two seasons with Liverpool, before losing it last season.
This year, Salah surpassed many of the legends of the round witch in the list of historic scorers in the English Premier League, after his scoring record in the tournament reached 88 goals so far, with two goals with his former team Chelsea and 86 goals with Liverpool.
Salah is ranked No. 40 in the list of historical scorers for the competition, surpassing Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 84 goals with his former team Manchester United, Belgian Eden Hazard, former Chelsea star (85 goals) and retired Dutch legend Denis Bergkamp, the Arsenal icon (87 goals).
Salah failed to help Liverpool maintain the Premier League title that they crowned the 2018-2019 season (Getty Images)
At the European level, Salah did not achieve the same success with Liverpool, after the team left the Champions League last season early in the final price, after losing 2-4 to Atletico Madrid, to lose the title that he won in the 2018-2019 season.
Despite this, Salah was on a date with a wonderful achievement with Liverpool in the Champions League this year, after he became in December the current record goal scorer for the team in the continental competition with 22 goals, surpassing the previous record held by retired star Steven Gerrard, who scored 21 goals during His career with the championship team.
In general, Salah participated in 43 matches with Liverpool in various competitions in 2020, during which he scored 26 goals and made 10 more.
And the opportunity remains favorable for Salah to increase his scoring tally with Liverpool this year, if he participates in the remaining two matches in the 2020 league against his guest West Bromwich Albion tonight, and his host Newcastle United next Wednesday.
"The Egyptian King" was the only Arab player nominated for the "The Best" award (Getty Images)
Among the top 10 players in the world
Salah maintained his presence in the top ten on the list of the best players in the world, within the "The Best" awards presented by FIFA, for the third year in a row, after he ranked sixth in the list recently announced.
The player, who was the only Arab on the list that was nominated for the award, surpassed many of the current times of the round witch, such as French Kylian Mbappe, Brazilian Neymar, Dutchman Virgil van Dyck and Spain's Sergio Ramos.
During the current year, Salah won the award for the best player in England for the year 2020, in a poll of the British newspaper "Mirror" (Mirror), which chose him to also be on the ideal list for the English Premier League this year.
Salah also ranked eighth in the list of the top 100 soccer players in the world this year, according to the British newspaper "The Guardian" last Thursday.
At the international level, Salah did not participate in any match with the national team this year, as he was infected with the new Corona virus during his presence in the only team camp this year.
And recently, Salah raised doubts about his future with Liverpool, after opening the way to the possibility of his departure from Anfield Castle in the future, during a recent interview with the Spanish newspaper "AS" (AS), at a time during which the Liverpool administration expressed its commitment to the survival of the player, According to the British newspaper "The Sun".
Klopp (Right): We cannot force someone to stay and I do not understand why they want to leave (Reuters)
Salah hinted to leave and Klopp opens the door
Salah, whose current contract with Liverpool expires in the summer of 2023, announced his frustration at not carrying the captaincy of the team in front of his Danish host Metjeland in the Champions League, after the German Jürgen Klopp (the team coach) preferred to award it to Trent Alexander-Arnold.
For his part, the former Egyptian star Mohamed Abu Trika, who is considered one of the players close to the player, strengthened speculation about Salah's future with Liverpool, after he confirmed, during recent media statements, that Salah had confessed to him that he did not feel comfortable with Liverpool now, without disclosing the reasons.
On the other hand, the British newspaper "Express" claimed that the Liverpool administration is finding it difficult to extend the contract of Salah, who insists on leaving in search of a new experience in his sports career, something that might force Klopp to leave the player.
The newspaper revealed that despite Salah receiving a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds (268,000 dollars) in addition to a desire from the club's management to improve the player's contract, Salah will not extend his contract in the near future.
The newspaper indicated that Klopp will decide if he will give the green light to Salah's departure in order to obtain large funds to sign another player, and rebuild again in the front line.
For his part, Klopp confirmed in statements to the "Guardian" newspaper that "people cannot be forced to stay .. if a player wants to leave, we may not be able to prevent him from that, but I do not understand why anyone wants to leave."