Mohamed Salah fever has swept Britain since his arrival with Liverpool’s goal machine earning two players awards and now a pair of his boots are to sit alongside Egyptian artefacts at the British Museum. The donation — by adidas — is to celebrate Salah’s winning the Premier League Golden Boot. “This acquisition brings the British Museum’s world-famous Egyptian collection right up to date,” purred Neal Spencer, the British Museum’s Keeper of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. “The boots tell a story of a modern Egyptian icon, performing in the UK, with a truly global impact. In 2016, the British Museum launched its Modern Egypt Project to bolster its collection of contemporary material from modern Egypt.

Source: Punch May 17, 2018 14:26 UTC