Mohamed Salah is having brilliant performances for Liverpool. A double against AS Roma in Liverpool's recent 5-2 win in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final has helped him score 43 goals this season.
Many AS Roma fans must have predicted that their team would not sell Salah in the summer of 2017. However, this club was forced to do so to avoid being punished by the UEFA.
Not long ago, AS Roma sporting director Monchi shared with the press: Regarding Salah, there are two important things to understand.
First, Salah was sold before the price revolution in the transfer market occurred after the Neymar case. Second, we have to sell Salah before June 30, 2017".
Last year, Liverpool paid 42 million euros to AS Roma to own the Egyptian. The above amount of money helps the retired football team balance the budget.
However, after 43 goals and 15 assists for Liverpool this season, Salah's actual value has certainly exceeded the above figure.
Luckily for Liverpool, they have managed to own Salah before the Neymar deal to leave Barcelona for PSG for 222 million euros took place.
Since that "blockbuster", Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho have come to new teams with double and threefold transfer values from Salah.
In addition, the initial successes at AS Roma last season were clearly the springboard for Salah to achieve high form at a club with an ideal style of play for him like Liverpool.
AS Roma's Monchi scout once said about Salah's performance this season: "It's strange because before returning to the Premier League, he didn't play well at Chelsea. However, he has found a coach who trusts him and his great teammates. That is the team that suits Salah's playing style better."
