![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mohamed-salahs-true-ambitions-plain-to-see-amid-ongoing-saudi-arabia-transfer-talk/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Liverpool-v-Aston-Villa-Premier-League-Football-Anfield-Liverpool-UK-03-Sep-2023.jpg&description="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. 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. '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 'retirement' - as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema amongst others have done - of the Saudi Pro League, where 'success' is reaching the AFC Champions League. The 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. Which is why his performance against Aston Villa at Anfield on Sunday spoke volumes. In the words of his skipper for part of the afternoon, Andy Robertson, his commitment to the Liverpool cause was evident for all to see. 'He's the ultimate professional. He is one of the best players in the world and he lets other people do the talking, but he's always been committed to Liverpool and you saw that with the performance he put in, he was pretty special,' Robertson said. 'Mo blocks it (speculation) all out - and for us there was no concern - Mohamed Salah is a Liverpool player and we believe that is going to be the case for the foreseeable future. And Mo has reacted in the best way possible.' Importantly though, so too has the Liverpool team. Already they look a different team, with a new midfield that has energy and creativity, and will only get better as the supremely talented duo of Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister learn Jurgen Klopp's system. Yet even more impressive, was a new front three which was){kind=link}
“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.