“He’s not world-class” – Ex-Super Eagles striker berates Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah

Yakubu Aiyegbeni retired in 2017 after playing three games for Coventry City. He is most famous for his miss against South Korea at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Former Super Eagles and Everton striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has thrown a dig at Liverpool winger, Mohammed Salah, claiming the Egyptian isn’t world-class, Soccernet.ng reports.

Yakubu, 41, scored 95 Premier League goals in his playing days, donning the shirt of Liverpool’s bitter rivals, Everton. He also played for Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, and Reading.

Big Yak is 5th on the list of the African players with the most goals in the English top flight, with Liverpool’s marksman, Salah, leading the line with 154 goals in 252 outings.

Quizzed about his choice of world-class players from Africa who have shown the football world the skillset they possess in the Premier League, the former Leicester forward maintained that Mohammed Salah isn’t a world-beater.

The former Reading striker opted for players who are most notable for what they’ve done with their national teams.

“Salah is not world-class in my opinion. He is not good with the ball, and the majority of his goals are lucky goals. The greatest African players in the Premier League are Okocha, Drogba, Kanu, Yaya Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor and Sadio Mane,” Yakubu said on Talksport in quotes revealed via Football Factly.

Salah has scored 205 goals in 333 games for the Merseysiders and has won the English Premier League, lifted the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup trophy with Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp.

 

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