Liverpool’s No. 11 returned to the AXA Coaching Centre on Wednesday, and his new look was rapidly acknowledged by Harvey Elliott, who greeted him with “Hi there, the brand new Mo Salah.”
Whereas pre-season acquired underway final Friday, Salah and Wataru Endo solely reported again on Wednesday to start out testing and can be part of the remainder of the group for coaching later within the week.
The Egyptian definitely regarded to have loved his summer season break, if his Instagram is something to go by, and one factor that instantly caught the attention of supporters early on was his new look.
With a shaved head and a robust trace at a hair transplant, Salah is sporting an apparent change, and when greeting these at Kirkby on Wednesday, we heard Elliott make a direct reference to this.
“Hi there, the brand new Mo Salah,” he mentioned as he accepted a hug from the No. 11, who was sporting an enormous smile as he made the rounds to greet his team-mates, workers and Arne Slot and Co.
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And maybe it’s no shock that Salah and Kostas Tsimikas had been fast to renew their bromance, sharing breakfast collectively earlier than the 32-year-old undertook the six-minute race health take a look at.
The 2 have been shut for the reason that Greek arrived in 2020, and that doesn’t appear to be altering, until the left-back strikes on in the summertime, which has been reported as a risk.
Salah seems to be as match as he’s ever been and his presence at coaching will likely be a welcome one with a number of senior gamers nonetheless both on vacation, at Copa America or the Euros.
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Whereas he and Endo accomplished their health assessments, the remainder of Slot’s group did some gymnasium work earlier than heading out to the out of doors pitches for extra ball work.
As This Is Anfield reported beforehand, Bobby Clark, Rhys Williams and Billy Koumetio have been notably absent with summer season transfers anticipated for the trio.
Pictured to date on pre-season day 6
Goalkeepers: Kelleher, Davies, Pitaluga
Defenders: Quansah, Phillips, Van den Berg, Bradley, Tsimikas, Scanlon, Chambers
Midfielders: Endo, Jones, Elliott, Bajcetic, McConnell, Morton, Nyoni, Hill, Corness
Forwards: Salah, Carvalho, Doak, Koumas, Danns, Gordon