I don't really watch a lot of Serie A Salah's numbers were good but not amazing for Roma. Where is this coming from? Is it the system /players around him being just right or has he really improved this much ?
I would say they were actually pretty amazing and trending up every year, so he's just a player finding his level to some extent. But that's a bit of hindsight. I'd be lying if I said I expected this level of play. Hell, I wouldn't have expected this level from any new buy, even if it were Messi or Ronaldo. You'd be crazy and unfair to expect anything close. I figured 15 g/10 a. Now, we're at 30 g/10 a in mid February. Unbelievable to me. Basically, Mo plays, Mo scores.
Get this, adjusting all results as though Liverpool could only count goals scored by Mo, and they would still be 9th in the domestic league, one point below Everton. Ludicrous!
To me, it's like KDB making a similar leap. You find a perfect marriage of role, supporting cast, and director, and boom! Superstar is born.
He's great in the Klopp system, but he also scores solo goals that are Messi-esque. The one yesterday and the one against Spurs were both jaw dropping pieces of skill. And he can also hit some long range bombs.
Where I think Klopp just suits him and so many players so well is he understands his players' psychology and their strengths. Once Salah started scoring, he's adapted the tactics to accommodate him getting more freedom to play what amounts to a second striker who starts at RW. Early on, he was playing a far more typical RW with track back duties. Now, Klopp allows the scoring instincts to flourish and will do all he can to help him put up staggering numbers.
Liverpool need to pay whatever it takes to keep him. It may be tough, though.