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Mo Salah Voted Premier League Player Of The Year

1Dec

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Mo Salah Voted Premier League Player Of The Year

Liverpool’s Mo Salah has been voted the men’s Player of the Year in a poll of 400,000 supporters, after netting 32 goals and counting, in all club competitions this calendar year. The Egyptian international was named the best performer in 2021 at the Football Supporters’ Association Awards on Monday. Salah held off competition from Chelsea’s Mason Mount, Man City pair Phil Foden, and Rúben Dias, West Ham United’s Michail Antonio, and Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans to claim the gong. See Also: FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles Maintain 36th In The World, Fifth Best In Africa Last season, Salah, 29, netted 31 times in league and cup matches. He is the fourth Liverpool player to scoop the award in 11 years and the first to win the award on two occasions. It adds to an extr...

Klopp Speaks on Possible Salah Exit

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has declared that the club will not consider any bids for Egyptian Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian forward had during a recent interview declined to rule out a transfer to Spanish giants Real Madrid or Barcelona in the future. Speculations have been rife in the media over the future of the prolific forward, especially with the Reds title defence in shatters, but Klopp has quelled rumours of a possible summer transfer away from the club. Klopp said, “It is very important – both to the team and that Mo stays here with us. It is not often that I have to praise my own players, which of course I always like to do.” “But in Mo’s case the numbers just speak for themselves. But Mo is not only a goal scorer. He is developed football-wise as well – and is a very,...

World Cup: Uruguay Edges Past Egypt by 1:0

In a keenly contested encounter, the Uruguayans narrowly edged past the Egyptian team by a lone goal. Just when fans were settling for a goal-less draw, Jose Gimenez headed in a lovely goal from a free-kick, breaking Egyptian hearts. The Egyptian without Salah lacked much bite in the final third. Salah is expected to be fit and ready to play when Egypt takes on Russia in their next match on the June 19.