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Salah is undoubtedly the crowd’s favorite at Anfield and he has already established himself as one of the best players to have played for the Merseyside side. He has broken several Premier League records and is the eighth highest scorer in the English top flight. However, according to Deeney, the Egyptian star is yet to prove himself as a world-class player as the former Watford striker said he wants his children to idolize Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior rather than the star Liverpool.
Interviewed on talkSPORT as an expert, the 36-year-old said: “I think Mohamed Salah is excellent, he is a key part of Liverpool and they should never have let it (his expiring contract) come to this situation. But I understand that there is a financial structure around what they want to try to maintain. »
Vinicus better than Salah?
“My argument has always been that I don’t think he’s world class. But world class is just a different opinion, what I think of world class is would I want my kids to play like this player? That’s what I think of world class.”
He added: “If I asked my children who want to become strikers, I would say that I would like them to look at what Vinicius Jr does compared to Mohamed Salah. But his goals that he (Salah) scores, he scores an incredible number of goals, he is very effective, but that’s just my opinion. He’ll probably turn around and say, “Who’s Troy?” “. and kudos to him, but that’s my opinion. »
Vinicius Jr. has had a dream season in 2023-24, scoring multiple goals for club and country and winning the Champions League and La Liga with Real Madrid. He was in the running for the Ballon d’Or this year, but Manchester City’s Rodri finally won the Holy Grail in Paris.
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