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When any current or former Liverpool player of the past decade picks a dream team of footballers they’ve played with during their careers, you would expect they would include Mohamed Salah.
The legendary Egyptian is the Reds’ most celebrated player of the last 10 years, and often dazzled his teammates with goals, skills and general footballing brilliance, suggesting that he should be an automatic pick for any five or 11-a-side team.
However, when asked to name his own dream five-a-side squad of players he has played with, Dominik Szoboszlai has strangely overlooked Salah, choosing to pick fellow former Liverpool winger Luis Diaz instead.
Szoboszlai prefers Luis Diaz over Salah
Szoboszlai and Salah became close during their three years together at Liverpool, with the pair often seen sitting side by side at the AXA Training Centre coffee bar.
Nevertheless, the Egyptian King did not come to his Hungarian friend’s mind when he was asked to pick his five-a-side team by JD Sports.
“My five-a-side team who I played with… It’s really hard, so I take my time,” Szoboszlai answered.
“I need a goalkeeper who is very, very confident on the ball. So, I would take Alisson. Mac Allister. I would take Luis Diaz. Am I involved? I’ll put myself also, and I would put Erling Haaland. Yeah, we are offensive!”
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Salah is not the only Liverpool star overlooked
While this was clearly only a bit of fun from Szoboszlai, it would not be a surprise if Salah takes some mock offence at being left out here. The 34-year-old takes great pride in his status as one of Liverpool’s best ever players, and Szoboszlai might expect to get a joke-annoyed message from him.
And Salah is not the only one who might be justifiably disappointed. Virgil van Dijk would also fancy himself to get into any of his Liverpool teammates’ dream teams.
Instead, what is abundantly clear is that Szoboszlai really loves playing with Alexis Mac Allister, while he was never going to leave Erling Haaland out either.
Diaz would potentially be better suited to a small-sided match, and maybe that was in Szoboszlai’s thinking, but that will be no comfort to Salah. Surely he’s got to be in there.
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