Mohamed Salah Professes Love for Lionel Messi As His Favourite Argentine After Liverpool Star

• Mohamed Salah has professed love for Inter Miami star Lionel Messi
• He picked the Ballon d'Or winner behind his Liverpool teammate
• Mo Salah had previously been nicknamed the Egyptian Messi

Mohamed Salah has named Lionel Messi as his second favourite Argentina player while professing love for the reigning world champion and Ballon d'Or winner.

Since leading Argentina to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and cementing his legacy as the greatest footballer of all time, Messi has received more recognition from his colleagues.

After winning the Mundial, he won two FIFA Best awards and picked up a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or gong in 2023, beating Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.

Salah professes love for Messi

He was asked to name his favourite player in the world champions squad apart from his Liverpool teammate Alexis Mac Allister, and he said Messi.

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''My favourite Argentine player apart from Mac Allister? Messi. I love Messi. He is.. Messi is Messi, I love Messi. I love Batistuta as well, I met him once in Argentina, got his t-shirt signed, but yeah I love Messi,” he said via Sportskeeda.

Mac Allister moved from Brighton to Anfield in the summer. Liverpool paid £35 million for the midfielder, which many fans consider a steal.

He has settled well into Klopp's team despite being played in multiple midfield positions. He rescued the team from relegation-threatened Sheffield United last night with an absolute belter.

Per Goal, Salah is one of the players who have been likened to the Inter Miami captain, as he was famously dubbed the Egyptian Messi due to similarities in their style of play.

He is probably one of the very few players who were given the nickname and never crumbled under pressure. Many others, including Bojan Krkic, have failed.

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