Mohamed Zidan was once the face of Egyptian football and says Jurgen Klopp told him “100 times” at Borussia Dortmund that he was a better player than Mohamed Salah.
The former frontman was thought to have the potential to scale such heights.
He enjoyed a productive career in Europe, representing the likes of Midtylland, Mainz, Hamburg and Dortmund.
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Zidan also took in 44 appearances for his country and was often the go-to man for the Pharaohs.
Salah now shoulders that responsibility, having become a global star while on the books at Liverpool, but was not always held in such high regard.