Mohamed Salah received brutally honest feedback from his daughters ahead of his departure from Liverpool at the end of this season. The forward is set to leave on a free transfer, bringing the curtain down on a record-breaking nine-year spell where he became the club's third-highest goalscorer of all time with 255 goals.
During the club's in-house 'Farewell to the King' interview, the Liverpool icon found himself on the receiving end of critiques from his family. Asked to rate their father's footballing ability, his youngest daughter, six-year-old Kayan, did not hold back.
She coolly handed him a modest seven out of 10. When asked what he needs to do better, she replied: "Score more goals."
Not to be outdone, Kayan's older sister Makka, 11, doubled down on the critique. She insisted the Liverpool legend "needs to score more goals and pass to more players".
Anfield goals
The girls were then asked which was their favourite goal scored by a member of the Salah family at Anfield. Both confidently replied their own.
They were asked if they liked any of their father's goals. Kayan quickly shot back: "No."
Salah was then shown a covered up picture on the penalty spot and asked to guess its significance. He admitted he was trying to think which penalty they had that was really important, but he was not finding any.
The image was then revealed to be of the forward at Anfield alongside Makka. This prompted Salah to recall taking a picture there while going inside after winning the Golden Boot.
He said Makka grabbed the ball, and she did not want to miss because the fans would go "weyyy" with every touch she had.
"Even if I was in your shoes, I would have been stressed," he added. "Even after I scored many goals for this club, I still would have been stressed. It's something very special as a father to have seen my daughter score a goal here."
Salah also mentioned a conversation with Hugo Ekitike. "I was telling Hugo Ekitike before he scored that my daughter has scored more goals than you," he said.
Loyalty to Liverpool
It appears the loyalties of Salah's children are firmly tied to Merseyside. Salah revealed that his kids will always support Liverpool.
"Even when I told them I was leaving, they said 'we will support the club even when you leave'," he said.
Salah added: "I said 'are you not going to support my new club?' and they said 'no, we love Liverpool, we're not going to support anyone else'. I said 'OK, fine'."
Salah confirmed his departure from last season's Premier League champions in March. His long-serving agent Ramy Abbas stated that no one yet knows where he will play next season.
Manager relationship
He is poised to bid farewell to Anfield on Sunday against Brentford, alongside fellow stalwart Andy Robertson. However, his departure comes on a slightly curious note after last weekend's indirect dig at Arne Slot's style and concerns over slipping standards.
That followed earlier comments in which Salah suggested he had been "thrown under the bus" during a dip in form. This added to speculation around Slot's position despite the club standing by their manager.
There had even been some debate over whether Slot would give Salah a fitting send-off given the circumstances. That question now appears settled.
Asked how he will remember Salah, Slot pointed to last season. He noted that Salah had called last season's Premier League title the most special thing he had won.
"Now I can safely say that was the most special thing I have won in my life, so I will remember that and how important he was in that season for the club, and as a result also for me with all the goals he scored," Slot said.