While any player’s worth to a football team has to be measured in more than statistics, Mohamed Salah’s goal and assist numbers show exactly why he is worth pretty much any amount of money a week for Liverpool.
With his assist for Luis Diaz to open the scoring against West Ham on Sunday, Salah has now been directly involved in 45 Premier League goals this season – netting 27 and providing another 18.
This is a new record for a player in a 38-game season, surpassing Thierry Henry from 2002-03 and Erling Haaland’s total two years ago. Salah is now 15 goal involvements clear of any other player in Europe’s top five leagues in 2024-25.
Sunday also showed how important Alisson and Virgil van Dijk are as Liverpool close in on the league title – but without Salah, there most likely would be no title at all.
With their second league title of the Premier League era seemingly sewn up weeks ago, the latter part of Liverpool’s season has been largely focused on three key players out of contract in the summer.
While Trent Alexander-Arnold seems Real Madrid-bound and Van Dijk is yet to formally sign a new deal, the future of Salah was secured this week to the joy of Liverpool fans.
His performance on Sunday illustrated just why Liverpool were so keen to persuade him to turn down the millions of Saudi Arabia and stay on Merseyside, and just why the fans were so thrilled he did so.
“Mo Salah, Mo Salah, running down the wing,” was the chant for much of the game while, when his name was announced in the pre-match line-up, it got one of the biggest cheers of the afternoon.
And in the 18th minute, Salah responded with a beautifully played pass with the outside of his left boot, which was cleverly left by Diogo Jota to allow Diaz to slot home.
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