"He's right up there," said Klopp, back in Liverpool for Saturday's charity match at Anfield when Liverpool Legends face Borussia Dortmund Legends.

"I cannot compare with others really, only with the people and players I worked together with. But in my time, and since I'm really following or working for Liverpool, he's definitely up there with the greatest."But I don't have to say that because you read the numbers, you know already there's something special."

Salah has scored 255 goals and provided 119 assists in 435 appearances at Liverpool.