I Was Shocked By Salah’s Decision To Leave Liverpool – Oxlade-Chamberlain

Celtic midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has disclosed that he was shocked by Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s decision to leave Anfield at the end of the season.

Salah will conclude his nine-year stint at Anfield when this season ends, having established himself as a Reds icon with a plethora of individual and team honours and over 250 goals to his name.

In an interview with The Mixer, the 32-year-old admitted he thought the Egyptian would never stop based on what he witnessed behind the scenes.

“I was a bit shocked because he is the type of guy that you just think will never stop. What Mo has achieved there at Liverpool is unprecedented.

“It is surreal to think that he’s gone to heights that are just astronomical. It’s Ronaldo-type numbers, but before Liverpool, he’d had a lot of setbacks. Gone to Chelsea, it didn’t quite work out. He’d gone to Italy and then he comes to Liverpool and he just turned into an animal.

“But he probably thinks it’s the best time for him. For our team he was just incredible. He’s one of those players, I always say they’re special players, where if I’m having a bad game I’m useless to everyone.

“He could have a terrible game and score two goals and win you the game. That’s special. If I’m not feeling it on the day, I’m not scoring two goals. Everything needs to be clicking.

“If he was having a good game or a bad game, he had a mindset and a mentality that was just elite to not get too hard on himself, doesn’t get too high, doesn’t get too low, always ready in the moment.

“That’s a special attribute that I saw from him. And that is the only way you can produce what he produces, not to mention that he lives and breathes the game.”