Kop legend Mo is not the problem, he could still be Liverpool's Salvation

BUT IT'S NOT THE EQYPTIAN KING'S FAULT

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LET'S be very clear about something from the outset. Mohamed Salah is not just a great Liverpool player. He is not just a Premier League star. He is one of the greatest players ever to play in the Premier League — full stop.

One of the greatest goalscorers football has ever produced. And when you place his name alongside Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane on the all-time Premier League scoring charts, you are talking about the very top table. You are talking about immortals. That is the company he keeps.

And yet here we are, watching him sit on a bench. Salah has won everything there is to win with Liverpool. The Premier League. The Champions League (left). The FA Cup. The League Cup. The Club World Cup. The UEFA Super Cup. The Community Shield.

He has delivered on the biggest stages, against the biggest teams, under the brightest lights. There is no blank space on his CV. No lingering question mark about whether he can do it when it matters.

This summer, when other doors were wide open to him, when Saudi Arabia was waving blank cheques and legacy-stuffing contracts, he chose Liverpool. He signed a new two-year deal.

That matters. Loyalty matters. And for all the talk of modern footballers, he has always come across as a modest, self-effacing man. Those tears he shed at the end of last season when he went over to salute the Kop were not theatre. They were real. They were the expression of a player who cares.