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The Sunday Times<\/a>\u2019 (paywall) football correspondent Jonathan Northcroft profiled Egypt\u2019s \u201cjewel of The Nile,\u201d footballer Mohamed Salah. \u201cThose who know Salah say he is two things: incredibly generous and quietly, wickedly humorous\u2026 He avoids interviews but speaks through actions. In his rural home region he\u2019s building a school and paid for an ambulance service and several hospital incubation units\u2026 He\u2019s a kid from a small town who played football with a kora sharab (a ball made from socks).\u201d The profile comes as Salah continued his tear in the English Premier League by tallying his league high 14th goal against Bournemouth, according to the Washington Post<\/a>. The goal makes his 20th in all competitions this season and makes him the first Liverpool player to hit that mark since Ian Rush back in 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sunday Times\u2019 (paywall) football correspondent Jonathan Northcroft profiled Egypt\u2019s \u201cjewel of The Nile,\u201d footballer Mohamed Salah. \u201cThose who know Salah say he is two things: incredibly generous and quietly, wickedly humorous\u2026 He avoids interviews but speaks through actions. 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