'Salah's legacy will always be untarnished and intact'
[Getty Images] Mohamed Salah has provided memories to last a lifetime for Liverpool and their global fanbase, helping to win the Champions League, two Premier League titles, the FA Cup, EFL Cup, Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup. In the Premier League, he has made 310 appearances for Liverpool, with 189 goals and 92 assists so far. This total of 281 goal contributions is the biggest for one club in the competition's history, five more than Wayne Rooney for Manchester United.
Salah possessed the selfish, ruthless streak that is common among all the greats, but the assists figure alone demonstrates he was also a team contributor. He formed one part of an attacking trident under Jurgen Klopp that was as potent as anything in world football at the time, alongside Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. It was the perfect marriage of pressing, power, skill, pace and threat.
Salah's consistency and fitness was remarkable. His lowest goals total in a full season before this current campaign came in 2019-20 when he 'only' scored 23 as Liverpool won the title for the first time in 30 years. In his Anfiield career to date, Salah's win rate from 310 Premier League appearances is 63.
9%, while from his total of 435 games it is 62. 7% - a reflection of glorious years for club and player. The era of greats such as Mane and Firmino came to a close, but even after Klopp left, Salah produced a season to rank alongside his greatest as he embarked on what resembled a personal mission to bring a 20th title and equal Manchester United's record, back to Anfield in Arne Slot's first season in charge.
Salah's public spat with Slot and his denunciation of the club in December brought the heaviest criticism of his time at Liverpool, but any tarnishing was surely temporary as he was soon rehabilitated - albeit not as the force he once was. The legacy will always be untarnished and intact. As he prepares to take his leave, Salah has scored 255 goals in 435 games for Liverpool, putting him third on the club's all-time list, behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.