Live broadcast on 6/0 Former Liverpool data analyst Graham recently revealed that then-coach Klopp had regarded Brandt, who was still playing for Bayer Leverkusen at the time, as the first choice for reinforcements eight years ago, and finally they convinced him that Salah was a better player than Brandt.

In the BBC documentary How to Win the Champions League: Liverpool 2019, the Liverpool data godfather at the time said: "Brandt was Jurgen's first choice because he was a fantastic player. Jurgen has certainly known him well since his time in the Bundesliga. We all agree that Brandt is a very good young player, but he is not as good as Mohamed Salah. ”

So their team tried to convince Jurgen Klopp with Mohamed Salah's detailed data analysis, with Graham explaining: "From our point of view, based on data analysis, Salah is the best young winger in Europe. Roma were in financial trouble at the time, so we knew Salah could be bought for a good price. ”

Graham also said: "It also speaks to Jurgen's style, where he was open and honest with our discussions, and then said, 'Well, I'm willing to be persuaded.'" Let me see that Salah is better'. ”

隨著利物浦最終在2017年簽下薩拉赫，他們一起贏得了英超冠軍和歐冠冠軍，目前仍不確定這位埃及前鋒是否會和紅軍續約。而布蘭特則在2019年轉會到多特，他的合約到2026年結束。