Egypt fans hope for more Salah magic as season starts
Published on: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
CAIRO: As Mohamed Salah took to the field for the start of the new Premier League season, fans in his native Egypt prayed Sunday for another miracle campaign from the talismanic striker. Two dozen members of the local Liverpool supporters club gathered in a Cairo cafe to clap, cheer and celebrate as their hero got off to a winning start some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) away. "We used to struggle to find places to watch Liverpool play," die-hard Reds fan Seif Mahdi, 18, told AFP.
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"But now everywhere shows it, you just have to tell them you want to watch Salah play."The reason for the excitement is obvious, last season the Egyptian star smashed a string of records as he scored 44 goals for his English club. Those performances propelled Salah into the elite of world football and helped cement his status as an icon back home. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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His popularity has also helped turn Liverpool from a team few Egyptians knew much about to the most talked about foreign club in this country of some 100 million people. – AFP
