Andy Robertson has insisted there may be nonetheless a lot to return from Mo Salah who’s “getting higher with age” in sure points of his sport, in accordance with the Liverpool left-back.
At 32 years outdated, you’d count on some gamers to be slowing down and winding all the way down to retirement – not Salah, although.
After a full pre-season, Liverpool’s No. 11 seems as sharp as ever and opened the season by scoring two objectives in his first two video games.
His long-standing effervescence hasn’t gone unnoticed by teammates, particularly Robertson who joined Liverpool in the identical summer season as Salah, seven years in the past.
The left-back informed reporters, together with the Liverpool Echo‘s Ian Doyle: “Mo units requirements each single day. He’s a mannequin skilled and if any youngsters are taking a look at professionals to base themselves on, then Mohamed Salah just isn’t a nasty individual to do it to.
“Each single day he dedicates his life to soccer.
“You may see the form he’s in, he’s getting higher with age when it comes to his form and his bodily output and attributes. That’s credit score to him.”
With a match towards Man United on Sunday, Liverpool know they will depend on him to indicate up due to his unimaginable consistency towards the Reds’ rivals over time.
In 15 video games towards the Purple Devils, extremely, Salah has scored 14 objectives and offered 4 assists.
Robertson elaborated on his report, including: “Within the massive video games up to now, he has as a rule proven up with objectives or assists or key moments.
“Only for us, we hope that continues as a result of clearly he’s our most important man and groups attempt to cease him.
“We even have high quality elsewhere on the pitch that if groups do cease him, we hope anyone else can pop up and steal the limelight.
“I come up towards him in coaching on a regular basis and he’s a unbelievable participant.
“I feel his objectives and assists and all-round play speaks for themselves and we hope it continues sooner or later. He’s a big-game participant.”
Whereas the early indicators this season are that Salah is ready to be key for Liverpool within the 12 months forward, the Reds are nonetheless but to tie him all the way down to a brand new deal, together with his present contract expiring subsequent summer season.
Robertson hinted that he desires Salah to remain, saying: “The minute he walked by this door he’s set Anfield alight however he’s additionally set different stadiums alight.
“He’s a Premier League legend, after all he’s, however he’s nonetheless wanting to jot down a number of extra tales and hopefully that’s him exhibiting up in different massive video games this season.”
Hopefully these “tales” may have completely happy endings.
