Mohamed Salah shouldn't even think about Saudi Arabia move - and I've just seen the reason why
If it is not too arrogant or condescending an assertion, the highlight of the LASK fans' evening on Thursday night was likely the arrival of a certain Mohamed Salah.
While the celebration of a superb Florian Flecker strike, to open the scoring in the Reds' 3-1 win, might be the debatable point, there were at least very few denying who the headline act was inside the Raiffeisen Arena when Liverpool superstar Salah emerged from the substitutes' bench after 74 minutes played.
The Egyptian joined the game to a hero's welcome from both sets of supporters in the Austrian city of Linz before he turned in the sort of eye-catching, game-sealing cameo that has become his calling card for the Reds.
A slaloming run took him past the challenges of Flecker and Andres Andrade late on in the game before a smart finish saw him slip it past the goalkeeper at his near post with an impudent nutmeg.
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In a season where Salah has seemingly become creator-in-chief at Anfield - he has four assists and was denied a fifth on a technicality at Wolves - he also remains the most potent goalscorer too.
Only Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez are level with three apiece in the early weeks of the campaign and for a new-look and relatively inexperienced squad, Salah's influence and enduring brilliance will be needed in spades this term, certainly for a younger forward line looking to emulate the No.11 at Anfield.
Salah has now either assisted or scored in each of his last 12 games and since the start of last season - beginning with the Community Shield win over Manchester City - the 31-year-old has
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