Mohamed Salah 33/1 to break Jamie Vardy's record

If Mohamed Salah had any intention of taking his foot off the gas and running his contract down, he's certainly not playing like it.

The Egyptian has been sensational this year, with every performance serving as a knock on the door of Liverpool's chief decision-makers, as a not-so-gentle reminder that the forward is utterly irreplaceable.

Understandably, the likes of Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards appear to be uncertain about giving a mega-money contract to a player who'll be 33 at the end of the season, but it will likely cost much more to find anybody who can replicate Salah's output.

Salah is playing as well as he ever has done, scoring in his last seven games, previously failing to find the net against Crystal Palace back at the start of October, and bet365 are 33/1 about the Liverpool talisman breaking Jamie Vardy's record of scoring in 11 straight Premier League games.

New Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy said that Vardy breaking the record he previously held was the first thing he spoke to the Foxes forward about, but there's every chance Salah breaks it himself.

bet365's Sports and Trading expert Steve Freeth said: "Ruud van Nistelrooy and Jamie Vardy may well be reminiscing in the Leicester dressing room about how the Foxes striker overtook him by bagging against Manchester United to make it a goal in 11 consecutive Premier League games, but Mo Salah is in ominous form right now and he could actually draw level with Vardy when the two meet on Boxing Day.

"The Toffees are up next for Salah - a team he's scored seven times against already - and the Everton defence will find him much more of a handful than they did the Wolves attack in midweek."

A quick look at Liverpool's upcoming fixtures and there's not a game where you'd feel confident that Salah won't score, so prolific has the two-time PFA Player of the Year winner been.

Salah scored twice on his visit to Newcastle in midweek, which looked like one of the tougher fixtures on paper, before a short walk across Stanley Park to face Everton at the weekend.

Liverpool then host Fulham before travelling to Tottenham before Christmas. Should Salah score in those four games it'll be 10 on the bounce, leaving him one away from Vardy's record of 11. Sure enough, Liverpool's next game would be Leicester at home on Boxing Day, with the potential chance to take the record outright against West Ham.

Cole Palmer was earning all the plaudits early in the season, while there was plenty of guessing around which of Arsenal or Manchester City's probable title winners would earn PFA Player of the Year, but right now it's Salah who's the form man in the form team.

Liverpool are odds-on to win the league already; should they go on to lift a record-equalling 20th title, there'll be plenty of Salah's supporting cast with claims at PFA Player of the Year, but it'd be hard to see past the Egyptian King, who's currently trading at 11/10 favourite.

Liam Williams

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