- Mohamed Salah moved to Liverpool in a then club record £39million from Roma
- The Egyptian has scored an impressive six goals in 11 games so far this season
- Thierry Henry believes Salah has the potential to be ‘special’ for Liverpool
- However the Arsenal legend wants Salah to be more clinical in front of goal
Mohamed Salah can be a special player for Liverpool if he improves his killer instinct in front of goal, Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has said.
The Egyptian moved to Merseyside for a then club record £39million from Roma this summer and has impressed on his return to the Premier League.
Salah, who has netted six times in 11 outings this season, moved to Roma permanently in 2015 after then Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho deemed him surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge.
Mohamed Salah can be special if he improves killer instinct in front of goal, says Thierry Henry
And Henry believes the winger has nothing to prove to his former boss, but must up his chance conversion rate if he is to prove to the Anfield faithful he capable of reaching the standards set by Philippe Coutinho.
‘I don’t think it’s about proving Mourinho anything, but proving the Liverpool fans that you are this guy — that you can be a player like Coutinho,’ Henry said on Sky Sports.
‘For me, he is special, he has something special. He will be a special player for Liverpool. I like the fact that he is direct — we don’t have a lot of players like that in the game anymore.
‘And yes, people will say sometimes that he needs four opportunities to score a goal. When he is able to finish all the opportunities he has then he will be more than lethal for this club.’
The Arsenal legend believes he can be ‘more than lethal’ if he improves his chance conversion
The Reds face Manchester United on Saturday and the man leading the line for the visitors at Anfield has also hit the ground running for his new club.
Romelu Lukaku has fired United to the top of the table at the start of the season and Henry believes the move has signalled a change in the striker’s mindset.
‘You had to give him time, he never came here (Anfield) and played for a team like United, he came and played for Everton, and I’m not having a go at Everton but it’s not the same thing.
‘I’ve never seen a guy so committed — he knows everything about everything. He will know he doesn’t have a great record against the big teams. But, for the first time, he can match those big teams with the team that he has.
‘Now is time to kill,’ he added. No more messing around, when you play for a club like United, it’s time to kill.’
Henry also believes Romelu Lukaku’s move from Everton has sparked a change in his approach