Troy Deeney ranks ‘world-class’ Real Madrid star ahead of Liverpool’s Mohamad Salah

Former Watford striker Troy Deeney has claimed that Mohamed Salah is not world-class and enactment Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior up of the Liverpool winger.

Now successful his eighth play astatine Anfield, Salah remains a accordant extremity menace and has played a cardinal relation successful Arne Slot’s side’s superb commencement to the Premier League season.

The Egyptian winger already has 8 goals and six assists successful conscionable 11 league games, with lone Ian Rush and Roger Hunt boasting much goals successful a Liverpool shirt.

Vinicius Junior, meanwhile, has enjoyed an arsenic awesome commencement to the season, with 8 goals and 4 assists successful his 12 La Liga games truthful acold this season.

The Brazillian look definite to triumph the Ballon d’Or past period but was pipped to the station by Manchester City midfielder Rodri.

Despite that, his playstyle has earned him plaudits from erstwhile striker Deeney who said helium preferred the Real Madrid guardant to Salah having boldly claimed the Egyptian prima was not world-class.

‘I deliberation Mohamed Salah is excellent, he’s a pivotal portion for Liverpool and they should ne'er person fto it [his expiring contract] get to this situation,’ Deeney told talkSPORT. 

‘But I recognize that there’s a fiscal operation astir what they privation to effort and support to. My statement has ever been that I conscionable don’t deliberation he’s world-class.

‘But world-class is conscionable a antithetic opinion, what I deliberation of world-class is would I privation my kids to play similar that player? That’s what I deliberation is world-class.

‘If I was asking my kids who privation to beryllium forwards, I would beryllium saying I would similar them to look astatine what Vinicius Jr does arsenic opposed to Mohamed Salah.

‘But his goals that helium [Salah] scores, helium scores an unbelievable magnitude of goals, he’s highly effective, but that’s conscionable my opinion.

‘He’s astir apt going to crook astir and say, “Who the f*** is Troy?,” and just play to him, but that’s my opinion.’

Salah faces an uncertain aboriginal astatine Anfield with his declaration acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the season.

The 32-year-old volition beryllium escaped to speech to clubs extracurricular England successful January, with the Reds reportedly already drafting up options to regenerate him should helium take not to motion a caller contract.

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