Klopp: Salah to Compete at Top Level in his 30s

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp said that players such as Egyptian star Mohamed Salah can compete at the top level well into their 30s.

Five years ago, Liverpool winger joined the Reds from Roma as he became the team’s most important asset.

When asked if a player reaches his peak later in his career, Klopp had this to say:

“One or two years ago the first three players of the Ballon d’Or, apart from Salah who is slightly younger, were all 34 or older.”

“Lewandowski is 33, then Messi and Ronaldo (are) 34 and 37 and if you are lucky enough to get through a career without major injuries you can play long.

“There is no peak mid-20s. The massive advantage of early 30s, mid-30s is the player can see things in the right way having learned in his career."

“He can use that and he can be an even better player than he was a few years before and that is the plan with all of them. There is no age roof.

“For clubs it is different, they think ‘we won’t sign a 33-year-old because we cannot sell him any more’ but if the player is already in then it is outstanding to have him around because they have experience, desire and quality.”

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