Mo Salah is taking a step down with Turkey move but it is about more than just money

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Jamie Carragher has said he was surprised by the Liverpool legend's switch to Trabzonspor but Super Lig clubs are spending big and attracting some top talentAs usual, Jamie Carragher makes a very valid point when he suggests that Mohamed Salah is still good enough to be playing in a competition of a higher standard than the Turkish Süper Lig.Salah is certainly good enough to still be a major performer in the Champions League but will have to be content with playing in the Europa League next season, assuming Trabzonspor negotiates the qualifying round.Let’s face it, Salah is still good enough to be playing in the Premier League but you can assume that prospect was contractually removed when the player and Liverpool agreed to part ways a year early. Anyway, Salah probably could not countenance playing for another Premier League club.

Not yet, anyway.But there must have been interest from some blue-chip Champions League clubs in a 34-year-old all-time Premier League great who, by his standards, had an average time of things last season but was still one of Liverpool’s better performers. The marquee Turkish clubs - Istanbul’s big three, Galatasary, Fenerbahce and Besiktas, plus Trabzonspor - are spending big on players and contracts despite being burdened with heavy debt.Salah will be playing in a league that will feature the likes of Victor Osimhen, Leroy Sane, Ilkay Gundogan, Leandro Trossard and Nathan Ake this coming season.

According to Opta, England’s Championship is stronger.That would seem to be stretching it a little but there is no doubt, of course, that Salah is taking a significantly-sized step backwards in terms of the overall quality of the league he is operating in. Very good but not as edgy as it once was.Perhaps Salah fancied something a little more visceral, a little more unpredictable, a little more volatile (a lot more volatile), a little more raw.