The Egyptian is in line for a lucrative new deal at Anfield and against Norwich on Saturday he showed why he’s worth every single penny
Ramy Abbas Issa doesn’t send many tweets, but when he does they tend to cause a bit of a stir.
And his latest offering, posted at around seven o’clock on Saturday evening, certainly hit the mark in that regard.
“I hope they’re watching,” Issa wrote. Cryptic, I think they call it. Whatever could he mean?
Issa, of course, is the agent of Mohamed Salah, and he has a history of making rather pointed comments on social media, whenever his star client is in the spotlight.
Was this a message to Liverpool, who are hoping to agree a new long-term contract with their Egyptian star in the coming weeks? Or to the doubters, who continue to underestimate Salah’s ruthless, relentless pursuit of excellence? Maybe it was just a nice, meaningless phrase – but probably not, knowing Issa.
Salah, of course, prefers to do his talking with his feet, and at Carrow Road on Saturday he delivered yet another masterclass. Just call him the five-season wonder.
His goal and two assists fired Liverpool to a 3-0 win over a game, but ultimately-outclassed Norwich, and ensured yet another piece of Premier League history for the 29-year-old, who becomes the first player to score in five successive opening-day fixtures.
“I assume he knew about that, and had extra motivation to score!” smiled Jurgen Klopp afterwards. Maybe Salah knew, also, that his goal here means he has now scored in 100 separate matches for Liverpool.
“Mo is Mo, eh?” grinned Klopp. “When the competition starts, he goes into the next gear.”
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