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Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes Mo Salah could keep playing until 40

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undefined Mohamed Salah could play on until he is 40 ⁠and the Egyptian's departure from Liverpool opens up new opportunities for an 'irreplaceable' player, his ‌former manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday.

[p]The 33-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Salah[/a], ‌one of the club's greatest ever players, ‌announced this week that he will leave Anfield ‌at the end of the season.[/p][p]Signed by ‌Klopp from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]AS Roma[/a] in 2017, Salah helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] to win two Premier League titles, the ‌Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, ⁠UEFA Super Cup, ‌FA Cup, two League Cups, and a Community Shield.[/p][p][b]"He ​set completely new standards for a professional football player - how hard you ​can work, how much you can invest in recovery and everything,"[/b] the German manager told ⁠the BBC ahead ​of a Legends charity game in Liverpool on Saturday.[/p][p]"Now he leaves here but I would not be surprised if he plays another six ‌or seven years.[/p][p][b]"I'm sad but he's an all-time great without a shadow of a doubt and I'm really proud to be a part of that career."[/b][/p][embed guid="f2e50b05-d756-4746-8e7f-6a6b66299a41" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2037587371412091250" social-type="twitter" /][p]Klopp, who left Liverpool in 2024, said Salah and the club had been a perfect match.[/p][p][b]"Mo and I had big dreams but we didn't dare to ‌dream that big,"[/b] he said.[/p][p]"I really think ​the whole relationship was a fair deal. ‌An exceptional player, exceptional numbers and he earned some money, of course," Klopp added.[/p][p][b]"And now he can go wherever he wants and the club will have to find ⁠and will find ⁠other players, and ‌that's absolutely okay."[/b][/p]

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