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Mohamed Salah Invites Blind Liverpool Fan To Melwood For A Special Visit

Mohamed Salah Invites Blind Liverpool Fan To Melwood For A Special Visit

Brilliant.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

It was the moment that captured the hearts of millions.

When Mohamed Salah scored against Napoli last week in the Champions League, TV cameras managed to capture a Liverpool fan describing the goal to his visually impaired cousin, leaving those at home moved by the heartwarming scenes.

Life-long fan Mike Kearney has attended every home game for around five or six years now, and in an exclusive interview with SPORTbible, he explained how his cousin often interprets key moments at Anfield.

"I've been going to nearly every home game for about five or six years now. I manage a few away games when I can as well." the 26-year old told us.

"I'm registered blind I have got Retinitis Pigmentosa, it's a degenerative condition. It's got worse as I've got older, thankfully it's a bit more stable now but it's not the best.

"My cousin was explaining to me who scored. To be honest it's just a normal experience of football for me. I join in with the singing and shouting and celebrate like anybody else does. I can see bits of the game up close. But what I can't see clearly isn't hard to work out what's going on.

"And I've always got my cousin or a friend there to tell me about it as well."

Image: LiverpoolFC/Twitter
Image: LiverpoolFC/Twitter

Over a week after that special moment went viral, Mohamed Salah invited Kearney to Melwood training facility, handing him a signed shirt with the message: "To Michael, your support is an inspiration."

In an incredible video posted by the club's Twitter account, Mike also meets manager Jurgen Klopp and a number of other first team stars on a day he and his cousin will never forget.

This is what football is all about:

Following the Napoli games, Kearney soon took to Twitter to express his delight at the comments he had received.

"Nice to read all comments about the video." Mike said on Twitter. "It's my cousin telling me it was mo who scored. I can see a little bit but not great. Didn't know the camera got us thanks for posting."

Isn't Football just absolutely class?

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Topics: Liverpool, SPORT, Football News, Anfield, Football, Premier League, Jurgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah