Mohamed Salah has four goals in his first three Super Lig starts for Trabzonspor, and he has already put a possible reunion with Liverpool into focus. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Salah said: "I would feel mixed feelings [about playing Liverpool]. It's mixed feelings because I've been there nine years. I love the city, I love the fans and we always had a special relationship. It would be very tricky."
Trabzonspor's early return
The football side of the move has been immediate. Salah has scored in three of his first three league starts, and his four goals have already made him the first foreign Trabzonspor player to hit that mark in his first three Super Lig starts since Opta records began in the 2000-01 season.
He also delivered in the 5-0 victory over Genclerbirligi, where he supplied a goal and an assist. That is the sort of output Trabzonspor wanted when they brought him in on a two-year deal after his summer departure from Liverpool.
Since then, his recent end product has stayed steady. Across his last five matches, he has one goal and two assists in 438 minutes.
The Liverpool reunion question
The emotional part is not being brushed aside by the numbers. Salah's quote about a Liverpool reunion is about his nine years at Anfield, his bond with the fans and the fact that, by his own admission, it would be "very tricky".
That leaves Trabzonspor with a forward who is giving them goals right away while carrying an obvious connection to his old club. The club's short-term return is clear enough, but the larger story is still that the reunion with Liverpool is a possibility rather than a certainty.
Trabzonspor also have Europe ahead, with their Europa Conference League group stage beginning next month and Galatasaray and Besiktas among the matches to come.
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