A snap shot of Liverpool's Salah during the interview.
"I think this is my best season because I make the players around me better as well, that is what I feel,” Salah said in exclusive interview with TNT Sports on Wednesday.
"I know their games. If you look at all the numbers around all the players, it is going to be higher than the other seasons. Plus my assists are higher, so that means I really help them a lot,” he added.
The 32-year-old Salah is enjoying another impressive season this campaign, with 25 league goals and 16 assists, to remain the top scorer of the English Premier League and help his team go far away in the title race.
Liverpool currently lead the league table with 64 points from 27 games, 11 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal, who still have a game in hand.
Shining in different competitions in his eighth season with the team, Salah scored 30 goals and provided 21 assists; guiding his team to take the lead of the Premier Legue table and also reaching the UEFA Champions League round of 16.
"Cody [Gakpo], Lucho [Luis Diaz], other players, their season is the best [in their careers] - so, I think this is my best season because I make the players around me also better,” the former Chelsea player added.
Wenger’s precious advice
When asked about how good and great players could keep scoring match-winning goals, Salah revealed that Arsenal’s former coach Arsene Wenger previously gave him a crucial advice that played a key role in his successful career.
"I think I got that advice from Arsene Wenger in the past. I asked him the same question actually because he had great players in his career,” Salah explained.
"He told me: 'The great players, it does not matter how he performs in the game. He always stays focused and waits for the moment. He's always in the game'. And I put that into consideration a few years ago.
"Players' emotions go up and down, [but] I don't want my emotions to be like this. I just try to be stable and understand that not every game you're going to have your best game. If you stay focussed, maybe you will have one chance,” the Pharaohs skipper added.
Salah also said that neglecting all the opponents’ trials to bother his concentration always proves its worth on the field.
"If some of them [opposing defenders], try to trash talk, I don't like to engage. I tell them: 'I don't need much, I just need one chance, just one chance, and you will pay for it,” he said.
Ballon d'Or chances
Despite his impressive achievements since joining Liverpool in July 2017 from Italian Side AS Roma, Salah has never won the Ballon d'Or.
The recent outstanding performances and records of the Egyptian star highly nominate him for winning the prestigious prize this year.
Salah insisted in Wednesday’s interview that he is more focused on winning both the Premier League and UEFA Champions League titles this season than getting any individual honours.
"Let's win the Premier League and the Champions League, and we will see," he added. "The Ballon d'Or, everybody knows sometimes there is [other] stuff involved there,” the former FC Basel said.
"I just want to win the [Premier League and Champions League]. Hopefully,” he concluded.
Salah, whose current contract with Liverpool runs out next summer, didn’t reach an agreement regarding a new deal with the Premier League giants yet.
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