The Egyptian star Mohamed Salah managed in three seasons with Liverpool to reach the top of European and international football, and he became one of the best five players in the world and everyone is counting for his movements, goals and passes that contributed to the victory of the Reds with three titles last year.
But there are things that many people do not know about the "Egyptian king" that stole the hearts of football fans around the world.
- His idol in football: the French Zinedine Zidane, the Italian Francesco Totti, the Brazilian Ronaldo, and the Portuguese Luis Figo.
- The late Muhammed Ali Boxer: Salah appreciates and respects the former world champion, and when he passed away in 2016, he wore a T-shirt printed with the image of Muhammad Ali, and spoke about his positive impact on athletes in the world.
- Presidential elections: He came second in the Egyptian presidential elections after Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, although he was not a candidate, but the sweeping love of him made him choose him to take over the presidency of his country.
- Salah Defender: The Egyptian star who tears the defenders, interviews them and scores goals in the goal of the competing teams, started his football career in Egypt as a defender child, and more than once he played an easier afternoon, and in one of the games Salah burst into tears despite his team's victory with a clean goal, because he did not shake the net The opponent, and from that time he decided to play attacking.
His favorite course: Koshari is the first popular food in his country.
Salah's marriage ceremony: In 2013, Salah celebrated his marriage to Maggie Sadiq with a party open to all, even though the ceremony was revived by the most important singers in Egypt and in the presence of the country's famous people.
Liverpool and Playstation: Salah tells CNN that he was choosing Liverpool when he was playing in his youth PlayStation, while a close friend revealed that he was also choosing Real Madrid.
- Social media: Salah follows more than 58 million on his pages and accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and he is the most followed in Egypt and surpasses all the celebrities, artists and actors in his country. Bassioun Center in Gharbia Governorate in his name.
- Military service: Salah was very close to joining the army and performing compulsory service in his ranks (in Egypt there is compulsory service for every male over 18 years old), but in July 2014 an agreement between the prime minister and the national team official came out with a solution that exempted Salah from service Military to complete his career.