Ex-Asante Kotoko goal machine Eric Bekoe has revealed that Liverpool Star Mohammed salah and others looked up to him and wanted to be successful in their football careers by learning from his play
Bekoe joined Egyptian side Petrojet eleven years ago where the then 18-year-old salah was with the youth side of Al Mokawloon
Salah has gone on to become a world star with his footballing career
The former Hearts of lions striker disclosed that his goal scoring exploits inspired a lot of the young Egyptian players
"I was a big player in Egypt. Mohamed Salah and other young Egyptian players wanted to be like," Bekoe told Nhyira FM
"Oh yeah.
“.....Mohammed Salah of Liverpool picked me as his role model. During my days at FC Petrojet, Salah was young boy playing for the youth side of Al Mokawloon
"Salah was a left-winger who wanted to score more goals because he is clinical upfront. He sometimes cried because his efforts on wings doesn't result in goals.
"One of their coaches pushed him forward which helped his progression before leaving Egypt for FC Basel"
Bekoe scored 65 goals in over eighty matches he featured for Egyptian club FC Petrojet before leaving in 2012.
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