During his recent public rift with Liverpool, Salah responded to being benched for three consecutive matches by stopping in the mixed zone and speaking to a random Norwegian television channel—an extremely rare act from the 34 year old, and proof that he was looking to get something off his chest. Simon Hughes, who covers Liverpool for The Athletic, and is the author of Chasing Salah a seminal biography on one of Africa’s greatest players, corroborated that Salah has always been selective when speaking to the press: The reality is the hardship Salah inherited as a young man due to the political context of the post-Mubarak Arab Spring, means that he has to be very careful about how he presents himself.
Author: Maher Mezahi
Published at: 2025-12-21 23:02:14
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