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Mohamed Salah has revealed that his former Roma teammates were keen to avoid Liverpool prior to Friday's Champions League draw.

The Reds will contest their first European Cup semi-final for 10 years against the Italians after they were paired together in Nyon, and for Salah, it is a chance to return to the team who he scored 19 times for last term.

Liverpool paid Roma £36.9million to bring Salah to Anfield from the Eternal City last summer, and the Egyptian has produced a stunning season, scoring 39 goals for the Reds in total already.

Speaking to CNN prior to Friday's draw in Switzerland, Salah told of how he remains in touch with some of Roma's players - and explained how they wanted to sidestep a meeting with the 39-goal wideman and his current teammates in the semi-finals.

Salah said: "They've all said: 'We don't want to play against Liverpool!'

"It would be nice to go back to Rome, it's my old club. I love the fans there and they love me too. I still talk to most of the players there.

"We were very close to each other and we are good friends. Of course, I have happy memories.

"We played together for two years and were fighting together in all the games. We had a good time in the dressing room."

Liverpool knew they were getting a jet-heeled winger with an eye for a goal when the signed him from Roma last June, but Salah has arguably exceeded expectations tenfold in his debut campaign on Merseyside.

The 25-year-old has soared to the top of the domestic scoring charts with 29 goals, and he is now just three away from setting a new Premier League record for a 38-game campaign.

And Salah has a growing confidence that Liverpool can lift their sixth European Cup in Kiev on May 26.

"We can [win the Champions League]," he added.

"We are in the semifinal. I always say that we take it step-by-step but we are in the semifinal, everything can happen."