Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba says Egypt captain Mohamed Salah will break all his records if he continues his red-hot scoring streak.
The Liverpool forward recently overshadowed the Chelsea legend’s record of 104 goals by an African in the Premier League.
Mohamed Salah has already scored 16 goals this season in 16 games, scoring for 10 games in a row at some point.
Discussing the Egyptian’s blistering form, Drogba, a former teammate of Salah at Chelsea, said: “If he continues [like this] he’s going to destroy all my records! I want to cry,” he told Mehwar TV as quoted by Kingfut.
“What I’ve seen during training, and all his teammates will tell you, the quality was there. He just needed time on the pitch to show his talent and his quality.
“When you look at the squad [Chelsea] had at the time, it was not easy to play, but what really got me attached to Mo is that he’s really nice, he’s really polite, even when he was not playing.”
Salah was signed by the Blues in 2014 but made just 13 appearances, scoring two goals in the process. He eventually made a move to Roma and the former forward has revealed the regular conversations they had.
“He was sad not to contribute [at Chelsea], but he was always good. When you have this kind of intelligence it’s just a matter of time before you blow up,” Drogba added.
“I remember we spoke a few times when he was at Roma and he was scoring goals and then he had a moment when he was not scoring and he asked me how to deal with this kind of situation.
“I shared with him a lot of examples and experiences and how it happened to me and all the strikers.
Source: Sportyafrica.com