Mohamed salah and jose mourinho salary

Jose Mourinho has described Mohamed Salah as "nuclear strength" for Liverpool as Manchester United prepare to face their rivals on Sunday.

Mourinho managed Salah at Chelsea but the Egyptian was never able to secure a regular first-team place at Stamford Bridge, playing just 19 times for them in total as well as being loaned out to Fiorentina and Roma.

An impressive permanent spell followed in Serie A with Roma and that led to Liverpool paying £34m to sign him in June 2017 before he went on to win the Golden Boot with them last season and score 44 goals in all competitions for Jurgen Klopp's side.

Mourinho insists Salah is a different player to the one he worked with at Stamford Bridge but admits he is the player United will have to stop when they face Liverpool at Anfield in Sunday's big Premier League match, live on Sky Sports.

"The Salah I knew at Chelsea was a pro