Mohamed Salah’s Surprise Pick…
Hold on to your shin pads because Mohamed Salah has pulled off a U-turn so sharp, it left everyone doing double takes! In a recent chat with France Football, Liverpool’s Egyptian King was asked about his favorite manager, and guess what? It’s not his Anfield overlord, Jurgen Klopp! Instead, Salah showered love on Luciano Spalletti, the Roman strategist. Like a Roman gladiator under Spalletti’s watchful eye, Salah banged in 15 goals and served 13 assists in Serie A like they were pizza slices flying off a conveyor belt!
Now, before you start thinking of diving tackles and red cards, Salah’s snub wasn’t out of the blue. Despite a trophy-heavy seven-year spell with Klopp, the Egyptian ace surprised the red half of Merseyside by crowning his Roma days as prime footy TV. While Klopp was his gaffer for 349 games, Salah and Spalletti shared a relatively petite 62-match saga. And yes, it turns out Salah and Klopp’s relationship was more “professional handshake” than “best buddies on a night out.” But hey, nothing a few text messages can’t fix, or as Salah put it: “We text like pen pals meeting at halftime!”
The pair even had a heated touchline moment over some tactical bafflers during a clash with West Ham—imagine watching two squirrels squabble over a nut! Darwin Nunez had to step in to separate the squawking duo. Since Klopp exited Liverpool, though, the two have exchanged messages like old mates discussing last year’s Christmas surprises! Salah’s last hurrah was laced with admiration for Klopp, detailing their neuronal tactical tango at Liverpool. “We improved each other,” mused Salah, as if imagining them both in a buddy-cop movie! They’re set to keep exchanging messages till the end of time, comparing notes on life, football, and what to cook for Thanksgiving! It’s like the bromance that never quite was, turned into a lifelong pen pal saga!
