{"id":763777,"date":"2026-02-14T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/763777\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:28:19","slug":"aymeric-laporte-ranks-mohamed-salah-above-suarez-and-son-in-attacker-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/763777\/","title":{"rendered":"Aymeric Laporte ranks Mohamed Salah above Suarez and Son in attacker comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=rousingthekop.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>In a game of winner stays on between some of the Premier League\u2019s most lethal forwards past and present, former Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte did not hesitate when asked to choose between Luis Suarez and Mohamed Salah.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laporte has had a prolific career for club and country, facing off against some of the biggest talents in world football, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/luis-suarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suarez<\/a> and Salah.<\/p>\n<p>Now, during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DHbDOWpzOSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AFTER FOOT<\/a>, Laporte was asked to pick between two attackers who have enjoyed spells in the Premier League. It started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/mohamed-salah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salah<\/a> vs Heung-min Son, with the full debate as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li><strong>Hazard or Salah?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Son?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Mane?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Kane?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Falcao?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Diego Costa?<\/strong>: Salah<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah or Suarez?<\/strong> Salah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>          Rate Mohamed Salah\u2019s form since his return from AFCON <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Should Liverpool rethink selling him this summer?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rtk-51-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah scores a free-kick during Liverpool's UEFA Champions League match against Qarabag at Anfield (Credit: Getty Images\/Ed Sykes\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar).&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-281865\" \/>Photo Credit: Getty Images\/Ed Sykes\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar       Mohamed Salah vs Luis Suarez career stats<\/p>\n<p>Has Salah had a better career than Suarez? That\u2019s certainly a debate worth having.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a>, at least, it is pretty clear that the Egyptian takes the lead on this one.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez scored 82 goals and assisted 32 in 133 matches for the Merseyside outfit in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>That infamous 2013\/14 season was by far his most prolific, netting 31 and assisting 13 in 33 league games.<\/p>\n<p>However, he won just one League Cup at Liverpool, unlike Salah, who has delivered on the trophy and goal contributions front.<\/p>\n<p>2024\/25 alone saw the 33-year-old score 34 and assist 23 en route to the club\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/05\/26\/liverpools-alexis-mac-allister-shares-why-premier-league-title-win-is-as-special-as-winning-the-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second Premier League title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Salah has 251 goals and 120 assists for Liverpool, though Suarez\u2019s career record is not bad either.<\/p>\n<p>During his 861 club appearances, the South American has found the net 516 times and notched 279 assists.<\/p>\n<p> Discuss: Jones\u2019 Liverpool career is CLEARLY coming to an end if he doesn\u2019t start vs Brighton <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RTK-60-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Curtis Jones in action during Liverpool's UEFA Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven at Anfield.\" class=\"wp-image-283967\" \/>Credit: Gaspafotos\/MB Media\/ Getty Images       What Luis Suarez said about leaving Liverpool for FC Barcelona<\/p>\n<p>After a few good years in England, Suarez secured a move to FC Barcelona, where he formed a lethal attacking trio alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar.<\/p>\n<p>The number nine opened up on his decision to move in an interview back in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cLeaving Liverpool for Barcelona was the right decision,\u201d as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/football\/liga\/2015-2016\/luis-suarez-i-was-right-to-leave-liverpool-and-join-barcelona_sto4857034\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TNT Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning trophies was a part of my decision in joining Barcelona, but also as a family we knew it was the right decision even before I won a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy at Barcelona \u2013 I am at the best club in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at some of the players here they have won trophies season after season, and that is my aim now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google In a game of winner stays on between some of the Premier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,75145,1128,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-763777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-luis-suarez","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116068516647579865","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}