By the end of the summer £35m was looking, if not small potatoes, then smaller potatoes. More than this, he seemed a relentlessly optimistic player, football as reinterpreted by a gerbil superhero. At Roma Luciano Spalletti famously held up Salah’s contribution in one game as an example of perfect team play. If Salah needed the paternal arm from Spalletti, he has clearly found another perfect fit in the speed-metal football of Klopp’s exhilarating front three. Can Salah continue to produce his extraordinary, uplifting fantasy football?

Source: The Irish Times March 19, 2018 20:26 UTC