Mohamed Salah names four of the best players he's ever faced - "He's fantastic!"
Although Mohamed Salah believes Gianluigi Buffon is in a league of his own, three other goalkeepers, including current Liverpool teammate Alisson, are not far behind him.
Mohamed Salah's four-man list of the best goalkeepers he's ever faced includes Gianluigi Buffon.
Few goalkeepers have been able to keep the Egyptian winger at bay, especially this season as the Premier League's top scorer, but the Italy icon, who the Liverpool star describes as "unbelievable," was able to irritate him more than most during his tenure in Serie A. Salah faced Buffon during his peak at Juventus while he was at Roma, and he was awestruck by the 44-year-old.Salah holds Buffon in high regard, but believes Iker Casillas, Alisson, and Bayern Munich's Manuel Neuer are all close behind. "I can't pick on one, so I'm going to give you four," he told Sky Sports when asked who is the best goalkeeper he has ever faced. Casillas, Buffon, Alisson, and Neuer are among the best goalkeepers in the world. I'm sure there are a lot more outstanding goalkeepers out there, but I'm forgetting right now. It's difficult to pick one."
Salah played against Casillas in the Champions League when he was towards the end of his career, but the Reds talisman was still impressed. Salah said, when asked what made the Real Madrid legend so special, "for the career he had."Because of his profession." Not when he was at Real Madrid, but when he was at Porto. You can see him talking to the players and at the back of the room.Salah, on the other hand, believes Buffon, who is still playing for his boyhood club Parma at the age of 44, is in a league of his own. He believes he was surrounded by an aura, and the feeling he had when playing against him was on another level. He continued, " "Buffon was fantastic when I played against him in Italy. It's incredible how you feel when you're up against him. It's hard to believe he won everything in football during his career."Buffon, like Salah's former colleagues Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi, as well as Alessandro Del Piero, is regarded as a living legend in Italy. Salah is enthralled by the notion that those players were praised by opposing supporters regardless of where they played in Italy, something Salah has never witnessed in England.
Salah responded, "Yes, more so in Italy than in England," when asked if Buffon has a strong presence in Italy. Fans booed Totti both at home and away when I was playing in Rome. Totti, De Rossi, Buffon, and Del Piero were the only ones who did it. In England, I don't believe it happens because the fans are constantly against the opposing player; nevertheless, wherever Buffon travels in Italy, he is respected.
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