(CNN) - The benefits of contracting with Egyptian star Mohamed Salah were not limited to the marketing and public aspects only for the Turkish club Trabzonspor, as the “Egyptian King” reaffirmed his artistic value on the field.
Since his arrival to the team, Salah has left his great mark on the public level, and the Trabzon club has become one of the most followed clubs in Türkiye.
Press reports indicate that the club has gained about a million new followers since Mo joined from Liverpool last summer.
Salah's influence was not limited to the club, as he made a rock in Trabzon, on which he took a picture while sitting, a tourist landmark visited by people in the region.
It's bigger than that
Despite the great influence on the club and the region, which is greatly concerned with tourism, Salah refused to rely on his history and name alone, but rather decided to create a present and future that would consolidate his legacy wherever he went.
After making a big name for himself in Italy with Roma and Fiorentina and writing a history full of achievements with Liverpool in England, the time has come for Salah to leave a historical mark with Türkiye's biggest clubs outside Istanbul.
Since his arrival in the summer, the “Egyptian King” has played 10 matches with the team, during which he contributed 12 goals between assists and scoring.
After scoring against Cubans Balosiura on Thursday in the European League, Mohamed Salah became the third player in history to score and make assists in the Champions League, the European League and the European Conference League, after the Dutchman Cody Jacobo and the German Mario Götze.
The Egyptian star scored one goal and assisted another in the confrontation, which ended in a 4-2 win for his team.
The 12 goals that Salah participated in this season contributed to his team being in fifth place in the Turkish Premier League, only 3 points away from leaders Galatasaray.
Age is just a number
Mo has proven that age is just a number. At the age of 34, he is making amazing performances and making clear contributions despite moving to a league in which he has never played.
Despite their importance, there is no doubt that these influential contributions by Salah with Trabzon will require, at the end of the season, a collective achievement that will be crowned in the best possible way.
Big void
Since Salah's departure, Liverpool have struggled to replace him with a right winger who will be as influential as he was during the current season.
Although the Reds signed Spanish winger Victor Muñoz, the player has not succeeded so far in leaving an imprint or providing signs that indicate that he will have the same impact as Mohamed Salah with Liverpool.
Spanish coach Andoni Iraola also tried to try a number of players in this position, including Dutchman Cody Gakpo, young Englishman Rio Ngomoha, and even Bradley Barcola, the newly joined French winger from Paris Saint-Germain, but none of them have succeeded in imposing his name as the legitimate successor to the Egyptian king yet.
Looking at the numbers, no player in Liverpool's attack this season succeeded in contributing 12 goals, as Swedish Alexander Isak is the striker who has contributed the most goals among all Liverpool's strikers and wingers so far, with 10 contributions.
Some may argue that there are technical differences between English and Turkish football, and this may be relatively true, but the age factor that Salah has reached makes his numbers a source of admiration.
Perhaps what comes next will be even more impressive for the brilliant Egyptian star.
