Arsenal manager Unai Emery believes Mohamed Salah is now among the world-s top five players, despite failing to sign him when he was in charge of Paris Saint-Germain. The Gunners boss will be in opposition to the Liverpool forward when his Arsenal side face the unbeaten Premier League leaders at Anfield on Saturday.

Egypt international Salah, 26, has scored 59 goals in 78 matches since arriving at Anfield from Italian club Roma before the start of the 2017/18 season. Emery was coach of Ligue 1 champions PSG at the time and on Friday he admitted to being uncertain as to how Salah would cope with the pressure of playing for a major club. "We spoke about the possibility to sign Salah to Paris St Germain when he was playing at Roma," Emery said.