Reviews

At first I was reluctant to complete the SBC to get this version of Salah seeing that I'd only done his POTM SBC a few days before, but I thought "to hell with it" and I did it. Turned out to be quite pricey and I had to sell my TOTY Kane to afford it, but boy was it worth it. His pace feels incredible, especially when you are trying to high press your opponent, and unlike some other quick players on FIFA he didn't feel like he was sliding on ice. You point him in direction and he goes straight for where your aiming, he can switch direction at full speed without a hint of a delay. His shooting is also amazing. I was scoring left right and centre with placed shots from outside the box. And this weren't floated into the top corner, they were banged in with precision. I put a finisher chem card on him and the boost in strength is definitley noticable. He just shrugs off any challenge, and you can play a through ball to him knowing that even if a defender is close by he'll still get through them. His weak foot was a bit of a let down, but only a minor one. As long as I wasn't trying long range shots with his right foot, I didn't really notice that it was his weak foot. The shots were still going in with precision. Also, A big surprise was how good he was in the air. I was outjumping Van Dijk and Bailly with no problem, and of the 12 goals I scored in the 4 games that I used him he scored 3 headers and provided plenty of knockdowns from goal kicks and corners. To summarise, if you were like me and umming and ahring about getting him because of the proximity to his last SBC, put those doubts behind you and get him. He's definitley worth the coins and he'll play for you just like he does in real life, scoring goals and making chances out of nothing.

As a Liverpool fan, I was hoping for the most game changing card out of this. I had tried 4 of his other IFs inc. 2 POTMs and they were very good. This is a step up again but not a massive one. Just doesn't feel like a 98. IMO with those stats, he should rarely make a mistake but I find that he often does.

Lets start with the good. His left foot shot is pretty ridiculous. My go to move with him is to cut in and finesse shot far post. He nails this most of the time, depending on the keeper, hits the post a fair bit too. Shooting with his left is generally great. He is incredibly fast and agile too. Face up dribble is absolute butter with him and you can use that to glide in between defenders. Passing is very decent too and bizarrely, he wins a lot of aerial duels!

But now the bad. My main gripe is that he loses shoulder to shoulder challenges too often. Despite his physical stats, most fullbacks can push him off the ball while he is running (stationary shielding seems to be ok). His movement is also very uncreative. Pretty much just runs wide to try get in behind making him easy to mark and track. It would be great if he would roam more and link play. His weak foot is a big weakness. He has missed open goals with no keeper with his right foot for me. Even his strong foot misses some easy ones pretty regularly which seems crazy to me for a near stat-perfect player. Compare him to Ronaldo's rare gold 94 card who never ever misses a 1 v 1. Even Mertens I found more reliable with finishing.

All in all, disappointing experience for a 98 card but he is still effective. My advice is if you use one of his 98s, stay out of physical contact as much as possible by using face up dribble and whenever there is a left foot shot, just take it!

Honestly... I don't know what to say but amazing. I've played 14 games and he has 37 goals, all in Division one. He's fast (Not 99 pace 98), he can finish, he's strong and although he has a 2* weak foot its sometimes unnoticeable due to his insane shooting. All in all, I'd say wait for his TOTS (Similar to last year with Kante and Alli) because it will be the same card for a significant amount cheaper, unless of course you have untradeables or you want the special purple card. It cost me 1.26M and it was coins well spent.

Well... where can we start?

I have tried every single version of Salah's special cards and I can say this tops off all of them by a mile (Obviously). This card feels like Pele's Prime, yes I know but It does.

Overall this card is just out of this world and there is no word to say this!

I do SBC for Salah when i saw his Overall ... 98 ! It's massive and amaizing. I was using him in starting 3-4-4 (4) squad but then changing into 4-3-1-2 as a left striker.

That Milion Coins i spend for him were worth it.

He is beast, he is fast, kinda strong and thats funny because he's only circa 178cm so i was suprised alot.

I was suprised especially i've got Larsson in team which were someone who's pushing team through hard matchs, now roles changed. Salah makes him invisible (and im seriuos)

He cost for a moment circa 1kk Coins and he is WORTH IT TOTALLY even if his TOTS would have same overall he will cost much much much more than 1kk :)