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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is not 'world class', according to Troy Deeney(Image: Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

Troy Deeney did his best to liven up the international break with his scarcely believable comments about Mohamed Salah.

The former Watford striker said the Liverpool hero is not world class and he wouldn't want his children to play like him.

But now his fellow talkSPORT pundit Alan Pardew has hit back at Deeney, who scored 217 goals in 706 career appearances including 47 in the Premier League with Watford.

Former Reading, Newcastle United and Crystal Palace boss Pardew says that the numbers show that Salah is world class.

Only seven players have scored more Premier League goals than the Egypt international (165), who has netted 221 times in 366 games for Liverpool since his move from Roma in the summer of 2017.

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Speaking about whether the 32-year-old should be handed a new contract by the Reds, Deeney said: “I think Mohamed Salah is excellent, he’s a pivotal part for Liverpool and they should never have let it (his contract) get to this situation.

But I understand that there’s a financial structure around what they want to try and keep to.

"My argument has always been that I just don’t think he’s world class.

But world class is just a different opinion, what I think of world class is would I want my kids to play like that player?

That's what I think is world class.

“If I was asking my kids who want to be forwards, I would be saying I would like them to look at what Vinicius Jr does as opposed to Mohamed Salah.

"But his goals that he (Salah) scores, he scores an unbelievable amount of goals, he's highly effective, but that’s just my opinion.
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