A few days before the clash between Liverpool’s Reds and Real Madrid in the Champions League, Troy Deeney has made a brutal comparison between Vinicius Junior and Mohamed Salah in terms of world-class players.
Real Madrid, currently ranked 18th (with 6 points) in the qualifications for the Champions League round of 16, will face a perilous trip to Anfield next Wednesday to play against Liverpool. In this match, which has the air of yet another revenge for the English club, which has lost its last three matches in the competition against the Madrid team since 2022, the tension will undoubtedly be at its peak. Leading the standings after four matchdays (12 points out of 12), Arne Slot’s team, which has been performing well for a while, will rely on Mohamed Salah.
The wild comparison between Salah and Vini
A true playmaker for the English team since 2017, the Egyptian Pharaoh, who boasts impressive statistics, will clearly be the player to watch for the Madrid side. Unstoppable on his right side, Mohamed Salah, the undisputed star of the English team (221 goals in 366 matches), will be eager to shine once again on the European stage, especially as he is in his final contract year with Liverpool. Before the crucial match against Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, Troy Deeney, an English legend notably from Watford, spoke out about the African star.
Via talkSPORT, where he works as a consultant, the former striker, who scored over 200 goals between the Premier League and the lower English divisions, clearly stated that he does not consider Mohamed Salah a world-class player. “I think Mohamed Salah is excellent, he plays an essential role for Liverpool and they should never have let his contract situation [his expiring contract] get to this point. But I understand that there is a financial structure they are trying to adhere to,” Troy Deeney initially said before dropping the bombshell like he did with Mbappé.
“I don’t think he’s world-class”
“My argument has always been that I don’t think he’s world-class. If I had to advise my children who want to become strikers, I would tell them to be inspired by what Vinicius Jr does rather than Mohamed Salah. The goals he [Salah] scores, he scores an incredible number, he is very efficient, but that’s just my opinion,” said the 36-year-old former striker, acknowledging that he won’t be universally agreed with. “He will probably wonder: ‘Who is this Troy?’ and he would be right, but that’s my opinion.“
In any case, this blunt statement, which should delight Vinicius Junior, is not well received in England. See you on Wednesday, 27 November, to see which of the two compared strikers will shine the most in this clash. It must be said, Real Madrid has a lot to do to avoid another cold shower in the competition, given Liverpool’s current form and the numerous defensive absences in the Madrid team.
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