Real Madrid veteran defender Antonio Rudiger has revealed he is not surprised that Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has become the great player he is today. Having seen his determination when they worked together at Roma.

“No, I’m not surprised at all that Salah is a great player,” said Rudiger, 31, who played with Salah at Roma between 2015 and 2017. “I’m not surprised at all because we played together for two years at Roma. In his second season, you could see that the guy had improved a lot.”

“He’s a very determined guy. In the first season he was trying to dribble. And do things like that, trying to win one-on-ones, but in the second season he had a clear focus. He just wanted goals and assists. I don’t know for sure that he was thinking about going to Liverpool.”

“But one day he told me he was going to Liverpool. I remember his first season (scoring 44 goals). I think he shocked the whole world and that’s why for me, I’m not surprised. And really, the crazy thing is that he’s getting better every year.”

Salah netted 15 times in his first season at Roma, ทางเข้า https://ufabet999.app before scoring 19 times in his second campaign. And Rudiger said that it was during that second season. That he noticed. a significant shift in Salah’s mentality.

“I’m not surprised about this (seeing what Salah has done at Liverpool,” Rudiger told Inside Scoop. “I’m really not surprised, because in his second season, we played two years together, and we came in the same year to Roma. Me and him left in 2017 – he went to Liverpool, I went to Chelsea.

For the 32-year-old, he has played 358 games for Liverpool, scoring 217 goals, and has helped the Reds achieve a great deal of success.