Former Egypt manager Bob Bradley believes that Mohamed Salah was always destined for the very top of the game.

Bradley was in charge of Salah during his time as Egypt coach - from 2011 to 2013.

"When I first arrived in Egypt I saw Salah play with his club team, Arab Contractors," Bradley said in an interview with Goal.

"He and Mohamed Elneny were on the same team. They were young players but you could see there was something there.

"After Port Said (a stadium disaster in 2012 that caused the rest of the Egyptian domestic season to get canceled), we started having opportunities to bring young guys into the camps and immediately you knew that Salah was special. He was hungry, smart, he wanted to get better. He and [Mohamed] Aboutrika formed an immediate connection and relationship that really paid off right from the start.

"Salah's a great guy and I'm so happy for him because he was so determined to take his career and move with it.

"I was excited that we could help in some way when the moment came for him to go to FC Basel. And then when he did well there, other doors in Europe opened and things have come together this year.

"It's an incredible season where not only is he dynamic and exciting, but just the pure number of goals. He's pretty special."