Micah Richards has revealed Mohamed Salah always wanted to play for Liverpool, having previously been team-mates with the forward at Fiorentina.

Salah has starred for Liverpool since joining the club from Roma back in 2017, having helped the Reds win the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

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Salah surpassed Gordon Hodgson's 241 strikes with his brace in Liverpool's 3-1 win over Southampton on Saturday and Richards has revealed that the 32-year-old "always said his dream was to play for Liverpool".

Speaking on BBC Match of the Day, Richards said: "Salah, we talk about him so many times – he's breathtaking.

"I remember when I was at Fiorentina with him, he always said his dream was to play for Liverpool and he's living out his dream now and he's doing amazingly well."

Richards spent one season alongside Salah when he joined Fiorentina on loan in 2014, with the pair becoming very close.

When asked what it was like to share a dressing room with Richards, Salah told Sky Sports in 2023: "Oh my god, one of the craziest guys I've ever met.