'Irreplaceable' Salah could play for seven more years - Klopp
Jurgen Klopp says Mohamed Salah could carry on playing until the age of 40 after the forward announced he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season. Klopp, who left Anfield in 2024, was the manager who signed Salah for the Reds from Italian side Roma in 2017. The Egypt winger, 33, has since scored 255 goals for Liverpool , with only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt ahead of him on the club's all-time list.
Speaking to BBC Sport in Liverpool before an LFC Legends charity game, Klopp said: "Salah is an incredible professional. "He set completely new standards for a professional football player - how hard you can work, how much you can invest in recovery and everything. " The German added: "Now he leaves here but I would not be surprised if he plays another six or seven years.
"I'm sad but he's an all-time great without a shadow of a doubt and I'm really proud to be a part of that career. " 'It wasn't meant to end like this' - Salah exit tough but inevitable Premier League great Salah will leave lifetime of memories Klopp and Salah together won the Premier League, Champions League, the FA Cup, two League Cups, Uefa Super Cup and Fifa Club World Cup. "He knows this was the perfect club for him and he was the perfect player for us," said Klopp.
"Mo and I had big dreams, but we didn't dare to dream that big. I'm not sure we can appreciate it to the right extent - that will happen soon now. I wish him the best of luck because he deserves it.
"The numbers he produced and the standards he set, some of them, if not all, will stay unmatched in this modern Premier League era, definitely, because it's ridiculous to do that, and to do it for one club more or less. " Klopp, 58, added Salah is "one of the best" professionals and people he has met. He said: "We texted the other day and we had our arguments, but it was always for the right reasons.