Mo Salah names Chelsea icon as one of best friends in football as Liverpool fans ask ‘what about Lovren?’
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MO SALAH has stunned fans with his list of close friends in football. And not just because a Chelsea legend was the first name he mentioned!. The Liverpool strike hero did mention five Anfield players past and present, including a "crazy" current team-mate linked to Real Madrid.
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But he neglected to name-check the one star who Reds' supporters reckoned should have been a banker for the honour. Fans say the way the 32-year-old reeled off a roll-call of pals is both why "you have to love Salah" and everyone should "push for a contract renewal" at Arne Slot's Prem leaders.
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However, when asked on TNT Sports to name footballing friends, the first player he spoke of notched four goals and an assist in 13 games AGAINST Liverpool. That's the now-retired Eden Hazard, who was the star man during Salah's 2014-16 Chelsea spell but was never the same after joining Real.
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In contrast, the Egyptian attacking icon failed to say a word about Dejan Lovren. The Croatia centre-back, 35, played alongside Salah at Anfield from 2017-2020 and is now with Greek side PAOK. Salah did select five Liverpool contemporaries in Konstantinos Tsimikas, Andy Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Bernabeu target Trent Alexander-Arnold and Reds' skipper Virgil van Dijk.
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FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS. He told TNT: "Best friends in football? I have many ones... "Me and Eden are very good friends when we see each other. "We had so much fun together. But I'm close to Kostas, I'm close to Dominik.". Salah added: "Virgil, with us it gets long because we've been together for eight years, so when we sit down and discuss it we always have an incredible time.
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