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This episode explores Mohamed Salah's journey from Egypt to becoming a global football star.

In episode one of this four-part series, Kelly Cates and journalist Simon Hughes chart Mohamed Salah's rise from humble beginnings in Egypt to global football superstardom. Discover how Salah's home village of Nagrig shaped his early life and the famous microbus journey to Cairo, which he took to training as a teenager. Former Chelsea team-mate Mark Schwarzer reveals how Salah's first spell in the Premier League influenced his later years, while Micah Richards explains how the Egyptian rejuvenated his career in Italy alongside him at Fiorentina.

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