'I can't believe he is one of us' - inside Salah's life in Trabzon
BBC Sport travels to Turkey to watch Mohamed Salah play for Trabzonspor and discover how the 'Egyptian King' is settling into life by the Black Sea.
Mohamed Salah has scored 10 goals in 15 games for the Turkish club Trabzonspor. Following his arrival in Istanbul in August after a holiday in Mykonos, the 34-year-old was greeted by thousands of fans while wearing the club's burgundy and blue home kit. According to Yahoo Sports, that kit sold out almost instantly, and the black away kit also sold out after Trabzonspor president Ertugrul Dogan advised Salah to wear it during his trip to north-east Turkey.
The player's arrival in the port city has been met with significant adulation. Nisa Dumangoz told Yahoo Sports that seeing him at the airport in Istanbul felt surreal. In Trabzon, Salah's face appears on various items, including walls inside fishmongers and merchandise outside the stadium such as scarves, magnets, keyrings, lighters, and Egyptian Nemes headdresses in club colours.
A staff member at the local club shop joked to Yahoo Sports that the ground floor is dedicated to the Egyptian player while the upper floor is for everything else.
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