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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Dave Powell

Liverpool USA strategy key as $2bn deal opens up new possibilities

Take a short walk from the vibrant and bustling Times Square in New York City, down to the corner of West 50th Street, look up... and Liverpool fans will see a familiar face.

A mural of Mohamed Salah dominates the side of a Manhattan building, the 'Egyptian King' wearing his international colours. Underneath a colourful image of Salah, unveiled in 2018 by artist Brandan Odums, reads the tagline 'Larger than Life'. It is a striking piece of art among the seemingly endless flashing billboards and the ceaseless honking of New York traffic, and one that shows the truly global reach that Salah has. There is, however, no reference to Liverpool on the mural.

While Liverpool icons The Beatles managed to break America in 1964, some 58 years later and the football club that shares the city's name is still trying to make its mark across the pond.

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