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Mohamed Salah has hailed the impact of Jurgen Klopp on his career after his Premier League nightmare at Chelsea.

Salah joined Jose Mourinho's Blues in 2013 from Basel, but made just 19 appearances before being shipped out to Fiorentina on loan.

Since arriving at Anfield last summer, the Egyptian - who will line up for the Reds in this year's Champions League final - has scored 43 goals in 49 appearances and lifted the PFA Player of the Year award as well as the FWA gong this month.

“I didn't have my chance [at Chelsea], so I must leave," Salah told CNN's Inside the Middle East .

"In my mind, I don't want to be someone sitting on the bench, and waiting to be number four or five or play two minutes and he's still in the big club. It doesn't work.

"I went to Fiorentina, and then after I went to Rome, I had two season and a half there in both clubs. I did very good there. And when I had a chance to come back, I said yeah, it's time to come back to England.”

Klopp was the man who identified Salah in the summer after netting 34 goals across two seasons with Roma, who Liverpool dumped out of the Champions League on Wednesday night.

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And Salah believes the German boss must be credited with his rise to stardom this season.

“I think he made a difference. He's a great, great coach, also great man… he helped me a lot to improve myself. I have also confidence to play what I want. We have a good relation together.”