Astounding Mo Salah stat sums up his greatness at Liverpool – albeit with a slight discrepancy

As per WhoScored, that figure of 204 is made up of 142 goals and 62 assists in the top-flight for Salah at Liverpool.

That tally matches the numbers on the Premier League official website when his contributions for Chelsea are excluded, although the trusted Transfermarkt database has his tally of league assists for the Reds at 66, which’d bring him to 208 goal contributions (42% of LFC’s goals since 2017/18).

The various platforms may have differing criteria when it comes to their definition of an assist, but what’s beyond dispute is that the Egyptian has been a colossal figure for Klopp’s team from the moment he became a Liverpool player.

It’s statistics like these which explain why the club refused to entertain a £150m offer from the Saudi Pro League at the start of September (The Guardian) – Salah is simply too important at Anfield for the hierarchy to contemplate selling him just yet.

His consistency over the last six-and-a-bit years has been remarkable, with 19 goals (2019/20) his lowest tally in any full Premier League season for the Reds. Players of his ilk are few and far between.