Michael Owen Compares Salah To Liverpool's Greatest Players

Because of his 'unorthodox' punditry, people often forget the raw talent of Michael Owen in his prime. In his youth, the striker scored goals for Liverpool across just over seven seasons, topped with a credible 40 goals in 89 appearances for the England national side.

And the former hotshot has just made a massive claim on Liverpool's new star Mohamed Salah.

"He [Salah] is beginning to make me, and the likes of Robbie Fowler, Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez look average," Owen said in his Daily Mail column.

Salah, as one Italian sports reporter claimed just before the season stated, was 'almost world-class.' Indeed, his stats at Roma is decent, and his price-tag seemed about right at the time. No one could, guess, however, the complete domination the Egyptian King has had on football during this season. 40 goals already for the Reds will inevitably be followed by a handful more at least. But does that make him better like the likes of Torres, Owen and Suarez?

"I didn't have him down as a natural goal-scorer at the start of the season. He was still a little like Raheem Sterling: raw and picking the wrong finish.

"He scored a lot, but he missed a lot, too. But that chip against [Manchester] City changed my mind. With great goal-scorers, their mind works slower when they get a chance."

The 25-year-old will face his old club in the Champions League semi-final, and there's no doubt he will once again make a huge impact, with the comparisons between he and Lionel Messi growing by the day.

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Jacque Talbot

Jacque Talbot is a journalist and sports writer at SPORTbible. He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan with a BA in English and Film. He is a football, snooker, and basketball enthusiast and has been published in the Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Set Pieces, Planet Football and the Morning Star. He’s the greatest thing to come out of Essex since Nick Frost.

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