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    Salah, Pogba, Özil … the Muslim heroes of English football

    Liverpool fans’ love for the ‘Egyptian king’ shows how much the sport has changed since the days of NF chanting on terraces
    by Nabila Ramdani Feb 25, 2018 3 minutes
    Mohamed Salah thanks to Allah for every goal he scores for Liverpool. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

    Cut through the bigotry of a vocal minority, and there are some pretty uplifting football chants to be heard in England nowadays. Particularly popular at Liverpool is one dedicated to an Arab striker.

    It contains the lines: “If he’s good enough for you/He’s good enough for me/If he scores another few/Then I’ll be Muslim too,” and ends with the words: “He’s sitting in the mosque/That’s where I want to be.”

    Those who revere “Egyptian King” Mohamed Salah – the subject of the song – are not just paying tribute in the Premier League at the moment. They’re also adhering to a distinctly British tradition of tolerance and respect. This should be cause for immense national pride.

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