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Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, signed within weeks of each other in the summer of 2017, will bid farewell to Anfield against Brentford on Sunday – two era-defining figures whose journeys have helped reshape Liverpool’s modern history.
Both crucially came with points to prove to all the doubters that ultimately made them into the players they are today and will see them leave on the Mount Rushmore of Liverpool greats, having won every single trophy possible during their nine years together in the team.
Jurgen Klopp had wanted then Bayer Leverkusen forward Julian Brandt to occupy the vacancy on the right hand side of the Reds’ attack, only for the German to get cold feet over the move, unsure he would get enough game time at Anfield.
Instead, Klopp was persuaded by the club’s data analysts – including Dr Ian Graham and current chief executive of football for Fenway Sports Group Michael Edwards – to pivot instead to sign Salah from AS Roma for £34.3m. That was despite his underwhelming year at Chelsea between 2014 and 2015 that produced just two Premier League goals.
As for Robertson, the Scot was brought in from recently relegated Hull City for just £8m having only a few years earlier been packing shelves at M&S while turning out for amateur side Queens Park in Glasgow’s South side.
“I remember my first impression was that he [Salah] was exactly what we needed,” recalls former team-mate Adam Lallana on Sky Sports documentary ‘Mo Salah: When he was King’.
“In the first week of training he was just completely different to what we had. His attitude and application immediately was at the level. What I could see straight away was that he’d already played in the Premier League. He understood the mindset, the pace of the league, and it was like he had a big, big, big point to prove.”
Salah hit the ground running, scoring on his debut at Watford en route to a record-breaking first season with the Reds, although it took his fellow new arrival longer to adjust to his surroundings.
“I like everything about what you’re doing offensively and I don’t think I like anything of the things you do defensively,” Klopp recalls telling Robertson when they first met at his house in Formby to discuss the left back’s move to Anfield.
Despite like Salah also making his Reds bow in August 2017, Robertson actually had to wait four more months to nail down a regular spot in the team after an ankle injury to first-choice left-back Alberto Moreno – one he has not relinquished until this season.
And it was a memorable seven-goal thriller with Man City at Anfield in January 2018 that personified just what this duo was all about, with Salah scoring an outrageous long-range lob as the soon-to-be champions lost for the first time that season. Robertson, meanwhile, enacted a manic press that went viral at the time and has since been used by various managers – including current Reds boss Arne Slot – as part of their coaching sessions.
“I think we all remember the press versus Man City, many, many managers showed that to their players. I was one of them,” the Dutchman has revealed.
That encounter was the first time the pair had played together against Pep Guardiola’s side in what was the start of an intense rivalry between the clubs, but tellingly it was also a fixture that brought out the best in both.
Salah has scored nine league goals for the Reds against City, including a sizzling solo effort at Anfield in October 2021, while Robertson created another for him in a crucial home win over their rivals in November 2019 en route to a first title for 30 years.
In fact, that is one of 60 assists from the Scot, just four behind the Premier League record for a defender held by his former team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, with the two marauding full backs going on to revolutionise the role during their time together at Anfield.
“He is maybe the player that changed that position into a player that constantly goes up and down, important on both sides of the pitch,” said Slot of his left back. “One of the full backs that changed that position.”
Salah has also broken a few records along the way, starting with his debut campaign that saw him score 32 times, the most in a 38-game Premier League season, while his current total of 283 goal involvements for one club – many of them outrageous efforts – is unmatched in the Premier League era.
Those include 13 against Liverpool’s biggest rivals Man Utd – more than against any other team – as well as nine against old foes Everton, as Ian Rush, the club’s all-time record scorer, notes.
“For me, what makes him special among the fans is the goals he scores against Everton and Manchester United,” he said on ‘Mo Salah: When he was King’.
“You can go on all day when he’s asking about his goals against Everton and United and I think when you’re scoring goals against them teams, you become someone special with the fans.”
And it says everything about the Egyptian’s supreme conditioning over the years that last season, aged 32, he produced his best-ever campaign in front of goal, including a league-high 29 goals and 18 assists, to help fire the Reds to a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.
How will they both be remembered then after bowing out together on Sunday having won nine major trophies and featured in 818 matches in all competitions for the club?
Well, Robertson has been much more than just an energetic full back who could press, with the Scotland captain first and foremost a highly accomplished defender who became the best player in his position in the world while also forming a devatating partnership with Sadio Mane down Liverpool’s left flank during their time together at Anfield.
As for Salah, sometimes it is best to just let the numbers do the talking and nothing illustrates his impact at Liverpool more than the fact that since his debut for the club, the forward ranks No 1 in the Premier League for goals, total shots, shots on target and assists.
“He came in, not relatively unknown, but not a massive transfer fee,” says Lallana. “And I think nobody expected him to do what he did.
“But there was one person that did and that was himself, and he became the best player in the world at the time and he became one of the greatest players at the club and that’s a special legacy to have.”
The duo have also been hugely influential presences in the dressing room and their combined loss of experience – both will lead their country at this summer’s World Cup – will be near impossible to replace at Anfield.
And while their final season at the club has been, for different reasons, largely one to forget, that will in no way impact how they are viewed by the club’s fans – as two of Liverpool’s all-time greats.
Perhaps, though, it is fitting to leave the final word to Robertson, who neatly encapsulated their nine trophy-laden years together by telling his team-mate: “We started together and I’m glad we’re going to end this incredible journey together.”
Watch Mo Salah and Andy Robertson’s final Liverpool game against Brentford on Sky Sports+ from 3pm on Sunday; kick-off 4pm
Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, signed within weeks of each other in the summer of 2017, will bid farewell to Anfield against Brentford on Sunday – two era-defining figures whose journeys have helped reshape Liverpool’s modern history.
Both crucially came with points to prove to all the doubters that ultimately made them into the players they are today and will see them leave on the Mount Rushmore of Liverpool greats, having won every single trophy possible during their nine years together in the team.
Jurgen Klopp had wanted then Bayer Leverkusen forward Julian Brandt to occupy the vacancy on the right hand side of the Reds’ attack, only for the German to get cold feet over the move, unsure he would get enough game time at Anfield.
Instead, Klopp was persuaded by the club’s data analysts – including Dr Ian Graham and current chief executive of football for Fenway Sports Group Michael Edwards – to pivot instead to sign Salah from AS Roma for £34.3m. That was despite his underwhelming year at Chelsea between 2014 and 2015 that produced just two Premier League goals.
As for Robertson, the Scot was brought in from recently relegated Hull City for just £8m having only a few years earlier been packing shelves at M&S while turning out for amateur side Queens Park in Glasgow’s South side.
“I remember my first impression was that he [Salah] was exactly what we needed,” recalls former team-mate Adam Lallana on Sky Sports documentary ‘Mo Salah: When he was King’.
“In the first week of training he was just completely different to what we had. His attitude and application immediately was at the level. What I could see straight away was that he’d already played in the Premier League. He understood the mindset, the pace of the league, and it was like he had a big, big, big point to prove.”
Salah hit the ground running, scoring on his debut at Watford en route to a record-breaking first season with the Reds, although it took his fellow new arrival longer to adjust to his surroundings.
“I like everything about what you’re doing offensively and I don’t think I like anything of the things you do defensively,” Klopp recalls telling Robertson when they first met at his house in Formby to discuss the left back’s move to Anfield.
Despite like Salah also making his Reds bow in August 2017, Robertson actually had to wait four more months to nail down a regular spot in the team after an ankle injury to first-choice left-back Alberto Moreno – one he has not relinquished until this season.
And it was a memorable seven-goal thriller with Man City at Anfield in January 2018 that personified just what this duo was all about, with Salah scoring an outrageous long-range lob as the soon-to-be champions lost for the first time that season. Robertson, meanwhile, enacted a manic press that went viral at the time and has since been used by various managers – including current Reds boss Arne Slot – as part of their coaching sessions.
“I think we all remember the press versus Man City, many, many managers showed that to their players. I was one of them,” the Dutchman has revealed.
That encounter was the first time the pair had played together against Pep Guardiola’s side in what was the start of an intense rivalry between the clubs, but tellingly it was also a fixture that brought out the best in both.
Salah has scored nine league goals for the Reds against City, including a sizzling solo effort at Anfield in October 2021, while Robertson created another for him in a crucial home win over their rivals in November 2019 en route to a first title for 30 years.
In fact, that is one of 60 assists from the Scot, just four behind the Premier League record for a defender held by his former team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold, with the two marauding full backs going on to revolutionise the role during their time together at Anfield.
“He is maybe the player that changed that position into a player that constantly goes up and down, important on both sides of the pitch,” said Slot of his left back. “One of the full backs that changed that position.”
Salah has also broken a few records along the way, starting with his debut campaign that saw him score 32 times, the most in a 38-game Premier League season, while his current total of 283 goal involvements for one club – many of them outrageous efforts – is unmatched in the Premier League era.
Those include 13 against Liverpool’s biggest rivals Man Utd – more than against any other team – as well as nine against old foes Everton, as Ian Rush, the club’s all-time record scorer, notes.
“For me, what makes him special among the fans is the goals he scores against Everton and Manchester United,” he said on ‘Mo Salah: When he was King’.
“You can go on all day when he’s asking about his goals against Everton and United and I think when you’re scoring goals against them teams, you become someone special with the fans.”
And it says everything about the Egyptian’s supreme conditioning over the years that last season, aged 32, he produced his best-ever campaign in front of goal, including a league-high 29 goals and 18 assists, to help fire the Reds to a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.
How will they both be remembered then after bowing out together on Sunday having won nine major trophies and featured in 818 matches in all competitions for the club?
Well, Robertson has been much more than just an energetic full back who could press, with the Scotland captain first and foremost a highly accomplished defender who became the best player in his position in the world while also forming a devatating partnership with Sadio Mane down Liverpool’s left flank during their time together at Anfield.
As for Salah, sometimes it is best to just let the numbers do the talking and nothing illustrates his impact at Liverpool more than the fact that since his debut for the club, the forward ranks No 1 in the Premier League for goals, total shots, shots on target and assists.
“He came in, not relatively unknown, but not a massive transfer fee,” says Lallana. “And I think nobody expected him to do what he did.
“But there was one person that did and that was himself, and he became the best player in the world at the time and he became one of the greatest players at the club and that’s a special legacy to have.”
The duo have also been hugely influential presences in the dressing room and their combined loss of experience – both will lead their country at this summer’s World Cup – will be near impossible to replace at Anfield.
And while their final season at the club has been, for different reasons, largely one to forget, that will in no way impact how they are viewed by the club’s fans – as two of Liverpool’s all-time greats.
Perhaps, though, it is fitting to leave the final word to Robertson, who neatly encapsulated their nine trophy-laden years together by telling his team-mate: “We started together and I’m glad we’re going to end this incredible journey together.”
Watch Mo Salah and Andy Robertson’s final Liverpool game against Brentford on Sky Sports+ from 3pm on Sunday; kick-off 4pm
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