Elliott wants Salah to stay at Anfield - Photo Courtesy Liverpool Media.
Liverpool attacking midfielder Harvey Elliott has labelled striker Mohamed Salah as one of the best players in the world and further pleaded with him not to leave the Anfield outfit.
Salah’s great form this season continued after he scored and set up two goals as Liverpool hammered West Ham United 5-0 in an English Premier League fixture at London Stadium on Saturday to cement their lead at the top of the table.
Speaking afterwards Elliott said of Salah as quoted by Express: “Mo’s just Mo. He finds a new level each and every season. When everyone’s trying to write him off he comes back and shows the world what he can do.
“Us players who play around him, we see every day in training how hard he works. For me he’s one of the best players in the world, if not the best at this moment in time. We just hope we can keep him around for a little bit longer and he keeps performing the way he is.
“I don’t have a clue how he does it. I think if we knew we’d all be the same. He’s just an amazing athlete, an amazing footballer and an amazing guy.It’s hard to put your finger on it. If we could we’d all look like him. He must have his secrets.”
After the game, Liverpool manager Arne Slot described the Egyptian international as an extraordinary player. “Mo and the word extraordinary is something I've heard a lot in the last six months,” Slot told the club’s official website.
“He truly deserves this and probably for the eight years, but I am involved in the last half-year. I don't think he keeps surprising us because we know what a player he is and we know he is able to do so.
“Apart from that, he works really hard for the team also when the other team has the ball. We can only hope he can keep bringing these performances in, but I would like to add that if he scores there's also a lead-up to him scoring. So there are also other players that bring him into these positions, but if you bring Mo in these positions, he is extraordinary. Definitely.”
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