Mohamed Salah: a Super Lig record at Trabzonspor after leaving Liverpool
Mohamed Salah left Liverpool for Trabzonspor and has 8 Turkish league goals in 9 games, a Super Lig record start. Here is what he brings to a new league.
Mohamed Salah is the most surprising name on this list because he is no longer in the Premier League. beIN Sports reports he signed a two-year deal with Trabzonspor in August, having left Liverpool as a free agent after 442 appearances and 257 goals.
The numbers
ESPN has Salah on 8 Super Lig goals and 3 assists from 9 matches, joint second in the scoring chart behind Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen on 9. Al Jazeera reported on 11 October that he was the first player to reach 10 goal contributions in his first seven Super Lig games, which it called a record for any player in the league. That came after a hat-trick and an assist in a 4-0 home win against Galatasaray.
Trabzonspor are third on 19 points, six behind leaders Galatasaray, who have played one more match, according to ESPN. The club finished third last season, per beIN Sports.
Why he still ranks
Fame follows a record like Salah's. beIN Sports lists his 257 Liverpool goals behind only Ian Rush's 346 and level with Roger Hunt's 257, and says his 191 Premier League goals and 93 assists are both club records. A player with that history scoring this quickly in a new league is going to keep attracting global attention.
What nobody else does
Salah starts from the right, cuts onto his left foot and finishes early, before the keeper has set. Eight goals in nine games suggests the routine has travelled well.
The assists are the useful extra. He has 3, and his Trabzonspor teammate Ernest Muçi leads the league with 5, according to ESPN.
What's next
Catching Galatasaray, and Osimhen in the scoring race. A one-point gap between first and second in the scoring chart is the kind of rivalry that keeps a league watchable.
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