SKY SPORTS/GETTY Mohamed Salah has had a stunning first season at Liverpool

Salah joined Liverpool from Roma last summer for a then club-record fee of £36.7million. The Egyptian has become an instant hero on Merseyside, having scored 31 goals in all competitions. Only Tottenham's back-to-back Golden Boot winner Harry Kane has scored more Premier League goals than Salah’s 23. Many Liverpool fans were worried about their side’s season when Philippe Coutinho was allowed to join Barcelona in January for £142m.

Mohamed Salah eats fish and chips, flies kite and meets fans during advert filming Thu, February 22, 2018 Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is seen out and about filming for a new advert Play slideshow iCelebTV 1 of 11 Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah is spotted eating fish and chips while filming for a new advert

I predicted that he can be as efficient as Coutinho. He has been more efficient than Coutinho in his first season Thierry Henry on Liverpool star Mohamed Salah

But Henry believes Salah has taken on the mantle of Coutinho and taken Liverpool a step further. “I like his movement, he always wants to go in behind,” Henry said on Sky Sports. “There’s no step-overs, there’s no trying to nutmeg, there’s no skills for no reason. “He’s going at you, if you’re ready or not that’s your problem.

SKY SPORTS Thierry Henry says Mohamed Salah has been more efficient at Liverpool than Philippe Coutinho