Mo Salah: 8 stories that show Liverpool star is an incredible person

Happy birthday to Mohamed Salah, who turns 30 today (15th June).

The Egyptian has established himself as one of the best players in world football since his move to Liverpool in 2017, scoring 156 goals in 254 appearances.

He’s helped the club win multiple trophies and has been recognised individually with two PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards and two FWA Football of the Year awards.

For the first half of the 2021/22 season, there were suggestions he was the best player in world football considering his incredible form. While he was unable to maintain his goalscoring streak, there can be no doubt he’s up there with the very best.

But on his birthday, we didn’t want to celebrate his world class ability on the pitch. We wanted to celebrate what an incredible human being he is.

We all know Salah is capable of beating four defenders before scoring but you may not have heard some of the stories of what he’s done off the pitch.

Therefore, we’ve compiled eight – there’s definitely more out there – stories that sum up what an amazing person Salah really is.

Happy birthday, Mo.

Salah was faced with difficulties to even play football at a decent level in Egypt. At 13, he was scouted by Al Mokawloon, a team in Egypt’s top division. However, it was 82 miles south of Salah’s hometown. It meant he would go to school at 7am, leave at 9am and walk a mile to the bus stop. He’d catch a bus to Basyoun, another from Basyoun to Tanta, another from Tanta to Cairo and then another to the training ground in Nasr City.

“Half an hour, one hour, then two hours, then maybe half an hour or 45 minutes for the last one,” Salah said as he explained his journey.

“I know when we say nine hours this looks crazy, but I did it because I loved it,” Salah