“This is a footballer who – let’s not forget – said at the end of last season when Liverpool didn’t qualify for the Champions League, he was totally devastated’, and the Europa League was a failure.”
Perhaps lost in all the hysteria about the Saudi pursuit of Mo Salah, was the driving ambition of the player himself.
âThis is a footballer who – let’s not forget – said at the end of last season when Liverpool didn’t qualify for the Champions League, he was “totally devastated”, and the Europa League was a failure.
â”We let you and ourselves down,” he told the fans. These were not the words of a man who was ready to go into the âretirement’ – as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema amongst others have done – of the Saudi Pro League, where âsuccess’ is reaching the AFC Champions League.
âThe world stage is still his domain, and with Ronaldo and Messi stepping off it, he is arguably the most famous, and certainly most recognised, footballer at the highest level.