Where does Salah rank among Premier League greats?
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The Times
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Mo salah is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. What is the Egyptians legacy - to Liverpool and to the Premier League ? does he make it into your top five all time Premier League forwards, there is mixed opinion in the studio.
Will his departure have a big effect on the future of Arne Slot?
Is Trent Alexander Arnold really England's seventh choice right back? Why isn't he in a 35 man squad?
Is it tactical or personal with Thomas Tuchel?
Gregor Robertson is joined by Jonathan Northcroft, Tony Cascarino and Martin Samuel
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the game football podcast from The Times. |
| 0:07.3 | Mohammed Sala will be leaving Liverpool this summer after nine glorious years at Anfield. |
| 0:11.9 | We'll be discussing what the Egyptians announcement means for Liverpool, |
| 0:15.2 | Arnyslot and the Premier League, and where Sala stands among the league's greatest. |
| 0:20.5 | Trent Alexander Arnold is one of the most gifted footballers of his generation, |
| 0:24.4 | but at best England's seventh choice right back. |
| 0:27.4 | What would it take for Thomas Tuchel to call up the Real Madrid star? |
| 0:31.7 | And with just 77 days until the big kickoff in the US, Canada and Mexico, |
| 0:36.5 | we'll be taking a trip down memory lane to get some World Cup memories from three of our best writers. And here they are. The Chief Correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times Martin Samuel, the former Republic of Ireland striker and Times columnist Tony Cascarino and joining us down the line, the Chief Football Writer the Times and Sunday Times, Johnny Northcroft. |
| 0:55.0 | Guys, good to have you. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm Gregor Robertson, by the way, if you didn't know already. |
| 0:59.6 | Only one place to start, I think, this week. |
| 1:03.1 | Mohamed Sala's heartfelt emotional announcement on social media, as is the way these days. |
| 1:10.3 | You know, obviously his relationship with |
| 1:13.7 | Arniz Slot was damaged earlier in the season and he has announced now that he will be leaving |
| 1:20.8 | in the summer. I'll just start off with a few stats. Since joining from Roma for an initial 34 million |
| 1:26.8 | in 2017, Sala has scored or assisted |
| 1:30.1 | 35% of all goals Liverpool have scored in all competitions. It's pretty remarkable stat, isn't it? |
| 1:35.9 | He's averaged a goal or assist every 94 minutes over 435 appearances. 255 goals. Third in Liverpool's all-time list of leading goal scorer |
| 1:46.3 | behind Ian Rush and Roger Hunt |
| 1:47.7 | and you know |
| 1:49.0 | a hall of medals along the way as well |
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