Digging into that Salah Fiorentina Stint

Okay, so I was thinking back the other day, just going through some old football memories. Someone brought up Salah, you know, the Liverpool guy. But not Liverpool Salah, the earlier version. Specifically, when he popped up at Fiorentina. Feels like ages ago now, right? 2015, I think.

Was the Mohamed Salah Fiorentina period a real success story? Analyzing his big impact playing in Serie A.

I remember when that loan deal happened. Chelsea just shipped him off as part of the Cuadrado thing going the other way. Honestly? I didn’t think much of it. Just another Chelsea loan player, you know the type. Seen loads of ’em come and go. Didn’t expect fireworks.

Then I actually started watching the games. Well, highlights mostly, sometimes full matches if I caught them. And man, was I wrong. It was like flicking a switch. This guy, who barely got a look-in at Chelsea, was suddenly tearing it up in Serie A.

  • He was fast. Like, ridiculously fast. Defenders just couldn’t keep up.
  • He started scoring almost immediately. Important goals too.
  • I remember that goal against Juventus in the Coppa Italia. Ran like half the pitch. That made me sit up and really pay attention.
  • Then there was the Europa League stuff, scoring against Spurs I think? He just looked hungry.

It was a short spell, just half a season really. But the impact was huge. You could see the raw talent that Chelsea maybe didn’t know how to use, or maybe didn’t have the patience for. Fiorentina gave him the stage, and he absolutely grabbed it.

The Whole Leaving Thing

Then came the summer. And all that drama. Fiorentina wanted to keep him, triggered the option or whatever it was. Salah and his people said “no chance”. It got messy. Lawyers, arguments, the lot. He ended up going to Roma instead.

My take back then? I felt a bit bad for Fiorentina, honestly. They gave him the platform, he played great for them, and then it felt like he just bolted when a bigger name came calling. Football business, I guess. But you could see why their fans were absolutely furious. It left a sour taste after such an exciting few months.

Was the Mohamed Salah Fiorentina period a real success story? Analyzing his big impact playing in Serie A.

Looking back now, that Fiorentina period was crucial. It was the first real glimpse of the player he would become. Without that half-season playing regularly and banging in goals, maybe Roma wouldn’t have taken the chance, maybe Liverpool wouldn’t have happened later. It was like the launchpad. Short, controversial maybe, but definitely where the Salah we know now started to properly emerge. Just a quick run through my memory banks on that one.

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