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Mo Salah changed Liverpool beyond football. Hate crimes dropped by 19% after he joined

In a city like Liverpool, Salah became something more than a footballer. 'Salah became so popular that most of the babies born in Merseyside were named after him.'

It is time for the ‘Egyptian King’ to wave goodbye to the fans at Anfield and ‘walk alone’. Mohammad Salah, the lightning-fast right-winger, is walking away from Liverpool.

It is not just a player leaving, but the end of an era that reshaped the club’s modern identity in the English Premier League (EPL). He has scored 255 goals in 435 appearances for the club in all competitions, making him the third-highest goal scorer in the club’s history.

When Salah arrived in Liverpool from Italian club AS Roma in 2017 for a club record fee of £36.9 million, he already had a lot on his shoulders—to prove himself once again at one of the most historically decorated clubs in Europe. After all, he was a ‘flop’ in his two-year stint with another English giant, Chelsea FC. And, players at his level do not get a second chance!

Salah capitalised on this opportunity and went on to become one of the greatest players in the league. But let’s not reduce Salah’s Liverpool career just to mere numbers. Liverpool had........

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