Mohamed Salah’s place in any all-time Premier League XI is surely no longer in question.
The Liverpool forward scores goals – lots of them and stunning ones, too. His most recent, a weaving effort against Manchester City, will be still be talked about for the next 60 years, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said.
“If Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi scores that goal they say it is world class. Mo Salah scores that goal because he is world class,” the manager said after the 2-2 draw.
Former Premier League striker Darren Bent recently said he’s the best player in the Premier League right now when selecting his dream XI who have graced England’s top flight.
The talkSPORT host’s team contains the top scoring Premier League player, a record holder for the most clean sheets and arguably the best player of all time.
Since it’s inception in 1992, England’s top division has been blessed with some of the most talented players in the world.
Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Sol Campbell, Sergio Aguero, Dennis Bergkamp have all given fans long lasting memories.
With that being said, none of those names were named in Bent’s best ever team who opted for a mix of legends and modern day sensations.
On Salah, before his magic against City, he said: “I think he’s been superb again this season, I think he’s got five Premier League already in his first six games.
“He’d get in my all time Premier League eleven on the right hand side, I rate him that highly.
“Salah this season has been unplayable.”
Alongside Salah are a whole host of star-studded names who achieved so much for their clubs.
“My goalkeeper is Petr Cech, when he was at Chelsea he was brilliant,” Bent added.
“People can say Peter Schmeichel, I understand, Edwin van der Sar as well, but I think Petr Cech, I think he’s got the most clean sheets as well as a goalkeeper, he was brilliant for Chelsea.
“Left-back was probably the easiest position as well as the centre forwards, Ashley Cole, of course, the best left-back we ever produced.
“Right-back was difficult, I’ve gone Kyle Walker, it is so difficult, you’ve got Gary Neville, Lauren, [Pablo] Zabaleta, [Branislav] Ivanovic.
“Two centre-backs, Rio Ferdinand, for me the hardest I played against and Vincent Kompany, he was so difficult to play against, Kompany was strong quick.
“Kompany was hard to play against, he was so strong, you just couldn’t get past him.
“My two in the middle of the park, tough again, Patrick Vieira, that wasn’t tough, he was always going to get in there Patrick Vieira.
“Steven Gerrard next to him, you’re obviously going to get people that are going to say Paul Scholes, [Frank] Lampard because of the goals. Steven Gerrard for a long time was unbelievable.
“My two wide men are [Cristiano] Ronaldo and Salah.
“The two centre forwards are Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer.”
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