Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount has praised Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah as he has been “setting the bar” within the Premier League this season.
Salah has proved to be an exceptional signing for Liverpool. The ex-Chelsea man returned to the Premier League in 2017.
Liverpool paid a charge that might rise to £43m to signal the Eqyptian worldwide. He has scored 147 objectives from his 228 video games for the Reds.
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Salah has made a sensational begin to the 2021/22 marketing campaign. He has 22 objectives and 9 assists from his 25 appearances throughout all competitions.
The ahead comes up towards his former membership on January 2 as Liverpool journey to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
As quoted by The Metro, Mount has advised that Salah is a number one contender to win this 12 months’s Premier League Participant of the Season award:
“There’s a couple of, I believe, that you may put on the market, however I believe the quantity of objectives he’s scoring, the assists he’s getting, I believe Mo Salah would undoubtedly be up there.
“He’s a giant, massive participant who turns up within the massive video games and scores massive objectives. He’s setting the bar very, very excessive and I believe as a participant you need to have the ability to try this. He’s setting the bar very very excessive in the meanwhile.”
Elsewhere, Tony Cascarino has likened Salah to West Ham United star Jarrod Bowen:
“He had a tremendous purpose file at Hull Metropolis earlier than West Ham purchased him.
“It was one thing like 50-odd objectives in 120 appearances. That’s not dangerous for somebody who is just not a pure centre ahead.
“He’s direct and he’s a bit like Salah the place he at all times appears to get an opportunity in a recreation and can run at individuals and play in numerous positions. He has nice vitality. He’ll assist his full-back out on a regular basis.
“He’s come on leaps and bounds and you need to give David Moyes credit score for that. He’s stayed with him.
“[Said] Benrahma is extra skilful, on the opposite aspect he’s received a great deal of tips in his armoury. Bowen is extra predictable however very efficient. He’ll at all times outscore Benrahma.”