Where do all these numbers leave Salah when we talk about some of the Premier League’s great forwards?
Salah can already be thought of as a Liverpool legend, having won every major trophy with the club.
He is fourth on their list of all-time scorers with 229 goals in 373 appearances, only 12 behind third-placed Gordon Hodgson.
Roger Hunt (285) and Ian Rush (346) are some way aheah and, at his current goals-per-game average, Salah would need another 190 appearances to break that record. Unlikely.
In terms of Premier League greats, Salah is already right up there with 172 goals, the eighth top scorer.
In fact, his 229 goals in all competitions for Liverpool have come four games quicker than Thierry Henry’s 228 for Arsenal.
Salah is only 15 goals behind fourth top scorer Andrew Cole – not an impossible target by the end of this campaign.
What about assists? Salah pulled level with David Beckham’s 80 in 10th place on Sunday. He is only 34 assists behind second-placed Kevin de Bruyne.
The Premier League’s leading assist-maker, Ryan Giggs, is way ahead on 162 but played 353 more games than Salah currently has.
When you put the goals and assists together, Salah ranks even higher.
His 252 goal involvements in 279 Premier League appearances is seventh in the all-time list and his rate of a goal involvement every 1.1 games is better than every player ahead of him.
At his current rate, Salah would catch Alan Shearer’s record of 324 goal involvements in 65 more appearances.
Sign a new contract and it’s not impossible, surely?
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