Mohamed Salah could easily get back to his best after what Gary Neville has now said - opinion
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Mohamed Salah has been miles off his best for Liverpool this season. And, even though he hasn’t performed to his usual standards for Slot’s men this term, Neville doesn’t think that he’s physically declined in any way, which has surprised him.“Just on Salah, the interesting thing is obviously there are questions being asked about him, whether it’s his age, whether it’s his one season, too many, all of the stuff,” he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.“The strange thing in watching Salah is usually when a player is sort of getting to the… Usually a player getting towards the end of his career, what you notice is the physical decline.“And I’m not seeing a physical decline in him in respect of sort of like some of his sprints look quite sharp, he looks busy in the box.
But just like crazy things like the ball comes to the back post, his technique on his kicking and he’s sort of crossing, that’s the thing that looks well off.“So you look, there’s a couple of moments there at the back post where you think, that’s not Mo Salah, he had that chance where he sort of dragged it really ugly, like, you know, to the left of the post.“You think, that’s just his technique. So that’s the bit that’s surprising me, the technical bit.”Mohamed Salah not physically declining could be good news for LiverpoolAlthough rumours of Liverpool making a January move for Antoine Semenyo have already started to emerge, it still feels like Salah could get back to his best.The Egyptian King’s final third form has been poor this season, with Salah even missing several chances against Manchester United on Sunday.
However, seeing as though the physical aspect of his game hasn’t actually started to decline yet, there’s still a chance for Salah to get back to his best.The current run of form that the former Roma man is in at the moment is far from ideal, especially when Liverpool want to try and retain the Premier League title. Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesAnd, since physically he’s still more than capable of being a top-flight player, he could quickly regain his form once his confidence comes back.At the moment, it’s anyone’s guess what could happen, but since the attacker is tied down to Liverpool until next summer at the earliest, it’s in everyone’s interest for him to get back to his best.