HERE IS MY APOLOGY TO MO SALAH

OKAY, let’s get this out of the way now. Mo Salah, I am sorry.

In football, you can easily be proved wrong. In my case, spectacularly wrong. When I was asked on the eve of the season to nominate the worst buy of the summer, I picked Salah (below). It wasn’t because I thought he was a bad player. The Egyptian,

25, has always demonstrated skill and potential. But at £36million it looked to me at the time that Liverpool had paid over the odds to Roma for a player who had failed to make an impact during his time at Chelsea. In fact, he made only 13 Premier League appearances for the club, scoring just two goals. And the manager who twice allowed Salah’s Stamford Bridge departure on loan was none other than Jose Mourinho.

So it seems I was in good company when it came to doubting Salah!

In my case, that’s no longer the case. How could it be when he goes into today’s match at Southampton with 28 goals in

34 appearances this season – 21 of them in 25 Premier League games.

And they include Lionel Messi-esque goals, too. Worst signing of the season?

He’s more like the best! MAURICIO

★ POCHETTINO that it implied last week

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PAUL HETHERINGTON