The Asian Age

Mo is building school, hospital in hometown

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Liverpool midfielder Mohamed Salah is the hottest property in world football, leading Liverpool to the Champions League semi- final this season with a blistering 40 goals. Born to an average family in Gharbia Province, Mohamed Salah’s dreams had no limits. The Egpytian star, 25, has had to take a nomadic path to the top — via stops in Basel, London, Rome and now Merseyside — before becoming the superstar we see today.

But Salah, who earns £ 90,000- aweek and has a price- tag of at least £ 200million, has never forgotten where he came from — spending hundreds of thousands of pounds working to improve the lives of people he left behind in Nagrig, the

Sun reports.

Growing up in a modest threestore­y house, a stone’s throw from a football pitch, Salah was the eldest of four children.

Salah has more money then many of us can dream about but he has used it to positively influence hundreds of lives in his hometown.

Stories of his generosity are never- ending. He paid for the first ambulance in the area and has bought expensive medical equipment that helps dozens of people every day. His charity also provides much- needed supplies to a number of families, with the star spending up to £ 3,500 monthly to support them.

The Liverpool star is even funding constructi­on of a youth centre, girls’ school and medical centre.

In his hometown he has earned the nickname ‘ happiness maker’.

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