LONDON: Arsenal manager Unai Emery believes Mohamed Salah is now among the world’s top five players, despite failing to sign him when he was in charge of Paris Saint-Germain. Egypt international Salah, 26, has scored 59 goals in 78 matches since arriving at Anfield from Italian club Roma before the start of the 2017/18 season. Emery was coach of Ligue 1 champions PSG at the time and on Friday he admitted to being uncertain as to how Salah would cope with the pressure of playing for a major club. “We spoke about the possibility to sign Salah to Paris St Germain when he was playing at Roma,” Emery said. “We had some doubts – and then he signed for Liverpool and these doubts he has broken at Liverpool.

Source: New Strait Times December 28, 2018 22:52 UTC