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Salah rise to stardom caught me by surprise, says ex-Chelsea team-mate Mikel

John Obi Mikel has been surprised by the Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s development since they played together at Chelsea.

The pair spent two years together at Chelsea after Salah moved to Stamford Bridge from Basel in 2014.

But in February 2015 the Egypt star was loaned to Fiorentina before spending the 2015-16 campaign at Roma, who signed him outright in the summer of 2016.

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The forward excelled with the Giallorossi and soon ended up back in England, joining Liverpool in 2017.