Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s Egyptian King, crowned PFA player of the year

As Liverpool seek a significant first-leg advantage, Klopp reminded his superstar goalscorer of Italian defenders’ mean reputation.

“I would like to thank my teammates and everyone at the club for helping me to make this happen”.

“Players change clubs, managers change clubs – I had it with Dortmund two years ago already”, said Klopp.

The only criticism that could perhaps be levelled at the 25-year-old is that he could have scored even more goals had he been more ruthless with the number of the chances he has missed this season, particularly in the early part of the campaign.

We may, at some point in the near future, become desensitized, but for now it seems fair to say the sheer unexpectedness of Salah’s season played a big role in propelling him to the Player of the Year award.

He may end up with nothing more than a third-place finish in the Premier League to show for his efforts this season, while De Bruyne will head off to the World Cup with two winners’ medals stashed away.

Salah’s impact has been more remarkable given his underwhelming 2014-15 season at Chelsea before being offloaded by then-manager Jose Mourinho. “I think I left and came back a different person, man and player”.

However, such money changing hands between Liverpool and Roma had one crucial part of the deal anxious, per Roma owner James Pallotta, who spoke to ESPN ahead of tonight’s semi-final.

Not that Klopp entertains the underdogs tag.

“There’s something special [about De Bruyne]”, Pienaar concluded, “I think Kevin would get my vote if I had one”.

“I came up the stairs at Manchester City and someone told me Roma won 3-0”.

“As Klopp mentioned there are similarities in that we both wear glasses and have a beard”, he joked.

“He’s been a massive player for us this season and hopefully he can continue that form over the next few weeks”. Maybe our situations is similar.

Mido, who made 94 Premier League appearances and registered 22 goals, feels Salah’s stock is so high that Real or Barcelona could make a move and if that comes to pass, the Egyptian has advised him to make that switch.

His potential was quickly identified by Bradley, who was Egypt coach between 2011 and 2013, and he is delighted to see how Salah’s career has progressed. “When he joined from Roma, we expected him to be good but he’s gone above and beyond that”. “That is all I care about”.