Mohamed Salah admits difficulties with new Liverpool team-mate Hugo Ekitike

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Mohamed Salah is still building a connection with Hugo Ekitike(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt/Getty Images)

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has admitted that he is yet to get on the same page as Hugo Ekitike.

Salah is playing in a new-look Reds attack alongside Ekitike and Florian Wirtz, with Alexander Isak also set to join the squad after the international break.

Liverpool splashed around £450million on new players in the summer transfer window with Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike the most expensive additions.



They have taken the places of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, who left in the window, and Diogo Jota, who tragically died in a car crash.

Things have started well, with three successive wins in the Premier League over Bournemouth, Newcastle and Arsenal, with Ekitike scoring in his first two Premier League games.

Speaking to the Men In Blazers podcast, he explained that it will take time for things to click with Ekitike and co.

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“So far I didn't figure the connections out yet,” said Salah.

He showed his composure by side-footing in Salah’s pass to seal the 3-2 win over Newcastle and he has a good mentor in the form of the Egyptian superstar.

Hugo Ekitike scored in his first three Liverpool games(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

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