WHO else but Mohamed Salah (£6.4m) to score Liverpool’s last goal of their triumphant season?
The Reds’ Egyptian king was on hand in the 84th minute to score an equaliser against FA Cup winners Crystal Palace amid a celebratory atmosphere at Anfield on Sunday.
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In doing so, Salah passed the 500-point mark in Dream Team to seal his record-breaking campaign in fine style.
One game remains before 2024/25 is condemned to the history books but there is nothing realistic that could occur between Chelsea and Real Betis in Wednesday night’s Conference League final to bother Liverpool’s iconic No11 at the top of the rankings.
Salah’s final total of 503 points puts him 60 clear of his closest rival Bruno Fernandes (£6.9m) after the final Premier League weekend.
Incredibly, he will finish 136 points ahead of the game’s next-best forward, Erling Haaland (£7.3m).
Salah scored 34 goals in all competitions, three more than Manchester City’s No9, but he carved out a bracket all of his own by also providing a whopping 23 assists.
For comparison, Haaland registered just four assists all season long.
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MOST GOALS AMONG DREAM TEAM PLAYERS THIS SEASON
MOHAMED SALAH – 34 goals
Erling Haaland – 31 goals
Alexander Isak – 27 goals
Bryan Mbeumo – 20 goals
Chris Wood – 20 goals
Bruno Fernandes – 19 goals
Yoane Wissa – 19 goals
MOST ASSISTS AMONG DREAM TEAM PLAYERS THIS SEASON
MOHAMED SALAH – 23 assists
Bruno Fernandes – 20 assists
Bukayo Saka – 17 asssists
Morgan Rogers – 16 assists
Jacob Murphy – 15 assists
Ollie Watkins – 15 assists
There are many ways to skin a cat in Dream Team but it remains as true as ever that scoring a shed-load of goals is the best way to top the rankings.
57 goal involvements in a season stirs memories of the dizzy peaks of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Officially, Salah registered 47 goal involvements in the top flight; 29 goals and 18 assists to claim the Golden Boot and Playmaker awards.
This tally is an outright record for a 38-game Premier League campaign.
Alan Shearer and Andy Cole also achieved 47 goal contributions in the 1990s but at a time when the top flight featured 22 teams, with each side fulfilling 42 league fixtures.
Salah is the first player to ever claim the Golden Boot, Playmaker and Premier League Player of the Season awards in the same campaign.
PAShearer registered 47 goal contributions in a 42-game Premier League campaign[/caption]
The 32-year-old created 33 big chances for his team-mates in all competitions, the most among all Dream Team players.
Only one other forward, Son Heung-min (£3.7m), registered 20 big chances created this term.
Salah even topped the considerably more niche metric of most successful dribbles (67) among Dream Team forwards.
There is much to admire about Salah’s season but 503 points is undoubtedly the headline, an almost unfathomable achievement that speaks to every last bead of sweat expended.
Looking ahead, the question must be asked: what will his starting price be for 2025/26?
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