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LIVERPOOL FORWARD Mohamed Salah is displaying a similar level of quality to Lionel Messi, according to former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
Salah has won the Premier League’s Golden Boot award for the past two seasons – although he shared it with club team-mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2018-19 – and the 27-year-old already has 13 goals to his name in all competitions this season.
The former Roma forward has also provided seven assists, a tally which includes teeing up Naby Keita’s opening goal in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Monterrey in the Club World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
With the Egyptian stepping into a playmaker role as well as being an unerringly accurate finisher, Wenger believes Salah is now showing flashes of play on the same level as Barcelona superstar and 2019 Ballon d’Or winner Messi.
“I like his evolution,” Wenger told beIN Sports. “Because he had touches [against Monterrey] of a playmaker.
“That is a complete player. That’s what we all admire and what we want from our players.”