The forward has a massive following across the world after his glorious 2017-18 season with Liverpool, where he scored 32 goals to win the Golden Boot. The Egyptian also won England’s player’s player of the year award, and was nominated for FIFA’s World Player of the Year, and the Ballon d’Or this year.
The statue showing Salah in his trademark celebration pose, was created by an Egyptian sculptor named Mia Abdel Allah, and was unveiled at the World Youth Forum in Egypt.
Speaking of her inspiration for the statue, Abdel Allah told al-Masry al-Youm newspaper (via the Egypt Independent) that she was inspired by the Liverpool forward’s open-arm celebrations after scoring goals. She added,
The sculptor also explained that Salah stands as a symbol of excellence in life for his country’s youth.
The statue has since been compared to Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous sculpture by Emanuel Santos, it was criticised as not resembling the Portuguese ace.
Social media has been rife with reaction to the statue, with some even suggesting that Salah looked more like the 1970s musicians Leo Sayer and Art Garfunkel, the character Marv Merchants from the Home Alone movies, and cartoon characters Beavis and Butt-Head.
Here we take a look at Twitter’s funniest reactions to the statue.
The sculptor has since responded to criticism of the statue saying,
She added,
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