“One of the best in 10 years”: Arne Slot pays tribute to Salah as Liverpool great prepares to leave Anfield | OneFootball

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has called Mohamed Salah one of the best footballers of the last 10 years.

Salah has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, after a mutual agreement was made between the Egyptian andPremier League champions.

The 33-year-old is the third-highest goalscorer in Liverpool's history with 255 goals across all competitions and has been a pivotal part of the club's modern success.

He's won eight trophies, including two Premier League titles and theChampions League. Furthermore, his individual honours include a joint-record four Premier League Golden Boots and record-breaking three PFA Player of the Year awards.

Slot discussed the departing forward this week and said Salah has been one of the world's top players for a long time.

"So many good players around the world [and] he's definitely one of them in the last 10 years, that everybody talks about being one of the best there is and was in the last 10 years," Slot said in an interview withliverpoolfc.com.

"To show that hunger every three days, that professionalism, that commitment to the club, to the team, to wanting to score again, always wanting to play – when you take him out three minutes before the end, he's like, 'Maybe I could have scored one extra!' – that is what stands out for me.

"Everything he's done for the club, but the moment I started working with him I knew it after one day, let alone after a few weeks or months, that it isn't a coincidence that he's been so influential in the last 10 years in football.

"Hopefully he can make his legacy even more special in the upcoming weeks and months where we still play for something special. But he will always leave this club as a legend because, as I said, the way this club has performed in the last seasons is also for a large part due to what he's done for it."