It’s been revealed that Real Madrid tried to sign the Liverpool star ahead of the Champions League final in 2018. It’s an offer that would have turned heads.
Few players have got the gall to turn down the La Liga giants, especially after an excellent debut season in the Premier League.
Brave
But that’s exactly what Mohamed Salah did. And it’s paid off.
Few would have been able to predict that Jurgen Klopp would’ve been able to steer Liverpool from one European final to the other, and to take them to the edge of Premier League glory.
Different Paths
Since 2018, Real Madrid crashed out of the competition to Ajax and saw the Reds lift the trophy by defeating Tottenham Hotspur. There are few greater pleasures in football than watching someone jump ship because they want to win things, only for their new side to get beaten to silverware by the old team.
Philippe Coutinho could have a word with Salah about how bad that feels.
The Egyptian shows that if footballers are prepared to keep their heads down, block out the noise, and keep on doing what they do then nothing can stand in their way of domination.
Helped
Klopp’s clear plan of progression with this side would have helped Salah to make his mind up. If he’d have joined the club and found a place with no ambition and no idea of how to get back to the top, then things would’ve been different.
But the star bought into the whole process, trusted it, and now he’s reaping the rewards. The path to success isn’t linear and what works for one won’t work for another.
Salah took the brave one by turning down Real Madrid, and now it’s paying off.