Former Egypt coach Javier Aguirre is full of praise for Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah.

Speaking with ESPN, Aguirre handed Salah some glowing praise for his personality as well as football skills.

Aguirre said: "It would surprise you what a good lad he is, how noble: he's the first to the team talks, the first in the gyms, the most serious.

"There's a question, though: he's the best player in Africa, with Sadio Mane, and he's Muslim too.

"And carrying those two labels, with the pressure that brings, it's very, very hard. He has no breathing room.

"In England, he can be happy: there are 17 other players. But he sets foot in Egypt and it's madness.

"He's a lovely lad, delightful; the difficulty is everything that goes around him, the pressure. He has to be careful about the tiniest thing.

"He's so pure, so innocent too; he doesn't have that touch of picaresque that Argentinians or Uruguayans have.

"He's transparent, honest, straight. Like English football, in fact."