According to former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah is displaying a similar level of quality to Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi.
The Egyptian superstar has managed to win the Premier League’s Golden Boot award for the past two seasons and although he shared it with club team-mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2018-19 campaign, the 27-year-old already has 13 goals to his name across all competitions this term.
The former AS Roma and Fiorentina winger has also provided a further seven assists a tally which includes teeing up Naby Keita’s opening goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Mexican club Monterrey in the Club World Cup semi-finals this Wednesday.
Salah has now been deployed as a playmaker as well as being an unerringly accurate finisher for Jurgen Klopp and Wenger now believes that Salah is showing flashes of play on the same level as Barcelona superstar and current Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi.
While speaking to beIN Sport, the 70-year-old Frenchman explained that the 28-year-old Salah is evolving into a different player at Anfield as the Egyptian King is adding more assists to his game making him a more complete player, “I like his evolution, Because he had touches [against Monterrey] of a playmaker. He created chances around the box that is exceptional, there were shades of Messi in him and I like that a guy who can score so many goals also becomes the guy who gives assists. That is a complete player. That’s what we all admire and what we want from our players.”
The Merseyside giants will now face Copa Libertadores winners Flamengo in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday.
