Mohamed Salah: Why Liverpool star could be best Premier League player of all time, ahead of Thierry Henry

There is simply a morganatic lawsuit that Mohamed Salah is the Premier League's champion ever player, and helium could surpass Thierry Henry sooner alternatively than later, according to Liverpool adept David Lynch.

Salah starred successful the Reds' 6-3 triumph against Tottenham Hotspur connected Sunday, scoring doubly and producing 2 assists.

The Egyptian has present recovered the back of the nett 15 times and assisted 11 goals successful the Premier League, starring the mode successful some categories up of Erling Haaland and Bukayo Saka.

Salah has undoubtedly been among the champion players successful satellite shot this term, and Lynch believes that the guardant should deservedly beryllium successful debates alongside Henry successful respect to the Premier League's champion ever player, telling Sports Mole: "I genuinely deliberation we're getting to the constituent wherever we could beryllium talking [about Salah as] apical 1 if helium signs for different mates of years and continues to play astatine this level.

"What would assistance [Salah's case] is - evidently Thierry Henry has got that grounds of 20 goals and 20 assists successful a azygous play - Mo Salah's connected 15 goals, 11 assists this season. Can helium get there? Can helium get adjacent to that? Then possibly that volition extremity the conversation.

"I truly bash deliberation he's successful the statement for the champion Premier League subordinate of each time. When helium came successful from Roma and helium was described arsenic a Chelsea reject, you conscionable thought helium was this streaky winger who mightiness people the unusual goal. I did not spot this coming, did not spot him getting up to [potentially] 3rd successful Liverpool's apical scorers list."

Many respect Henry arsenic the Premier League's champion ever player, but Salah's continued excellence indispensable astatine slightest elevate him into the all-time conversation.

Astonishing numbers

Salah has present scored 172 Premier League goals and is eighth successful the all-time scoring charts, conscionable 3 down Henry, 5 down Frank Lampard and 12 down Sergio Aguero.

The Egyptian became the first subordinate successful the past of the division to people astatine slightest 10 goals and supply astatine slightest 10 assists successful the league earlier Christmas, and helium is presently connected way to people 35 goals and get 26 assists successful the apical formation this season.

Lynch waxed lyrical astir the attacker's output to Sports Mole, praising his quality to some decorativeness disconnected chances and create, saying: "[Salah's] connected way to beryllium apical scorer and apical playmaker again, which he's already done erstwhile before, but to bash that again would beryllium unbelievable.

"He's got to beryllium successful that speech arsenic an all-time Premier League great, due to the fact that look astatine the complaint he's consistently scored at. He does it successful each the large games consistently successful a mode that [makes him] arguably the top Premier League large crippled subordinate of each time. I don't deliberation anyone tin lucifer him for that.

"I deliberation aesthetically, [Henry was] astir apt amended to ticker - Salah's a spot plays successful consecutive lines sometimes successful examination to Henry. Henry was truthful creaseless successful the mode helium did things. Absolutely loved watching him and helium scored each these goals and got each these assists, but I deliberation successful a mates of years' time, [Salah] volition beryllium up there, and if [he] tin get different [Premier League] winner's medal, it conscionable helps to bolster his case."

Should Salah decorativeness the run arsenic apical scorer past helium volition adjacent Henry's grounds of 4 Golden Boot awards, and helium is already conscionable 1 assistance from overtaking David Beckham's full of 80.

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What level could Salah reach?

Liverpool fans person been enjoying their 2024-25 run nether Arne Slot, with the squad first successful some the Champions League and Premier League tables, but determination is simply a anticipation that each 3 of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Salah permission for escaped astatine the extremity of the play fixed their contracts expire successful the upcoming summer.

However, if Liverpool were to travel to an statement with Salah, past the attacker could interruption a fig of records and cement himself further successful the past books.

Another 15 league goals this play would instrumentality him level with Andy Cole, and if helium signed for different 2 years astatine Anfield, determination is nary crushed to deliberation that helium could not overtake second-placed Harry Kane, who has scored 213 times successful the Premier League.

Lynch was keen to constituent retired that Salah could besides ascent the ranks of Liverpool's highest ever goalscorers fixed a declaration hold seems to beryllium drafting near, telling Sports Mole: "It's encouraging - he's not coming retired with his societal media posts astir [his contract], he's not talking astir it successful interviews, truthful we are getting person to that, and I deliberation it's conscionable got to happen.

"He'd astir apt person 1 oculus connected catching Roger Hunt. It's not unthinkable that helium could drawback him, which is brainsick if he'd determination into 2nd [on Liverpool's scoring charts]. I didn't spot this coming and it's testament [to him that] he's freakishly bully and been an implicit joyousness to ticker successful caller years.

"I don't privation to beryllium unfair connected [Steven Gerrard] due to the fact that helium ne'er got the privilege of playing successful teams arsenic bully arsenic Mo Salah has, truthful that makes it truly hard to judge, but he's got to beryllium up determination [as Liverpool's champion ever player] - he's going to astatine slightest beryllium up determination arsenic a apical 10 Liverpool subordinate of each time."

Salah is Liverpool's 4th all-time goalscorer having netted 229 goals for the club, 12 less than Gordon Hodgson, 56 less than Roger Hunt and 117 less than Ian Rush, who is improbable to beryllium caught contempt the Egyptian consistently uncovering the backmost of the net.

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