It’s not hyperbole to say that one different move in 2017 could have changed the trajectory of Liverpool’s next decade.
Everyone remembers Mohamed Salah’s move from AS Roma to Merseyside ahead of the 2017–18 season, and it’s impossible to forget the Egyptian’s 44 goals in his debut campaign in a red shirt. Yet there is a wrinkle in the tale of Salah’s arrival to Anfield that goes under the radar—the winger was not former boss Jürgen Klopp’s first choice.
