Leicester City midfielder Harvey Barnes has revealed he models his game on Mohamed Salah as he looks to keep improving as a player.
Barnes, who has previously been linked with a move to Liverpool, has hugely impressed at the King Power Stadium since becoming a first-team regular during the 2019/20 season.
The 24-year-old enjoyed his most productive year to date last campaign, scoring 13 times and registering four assists in all competitions before suffering a knee injury in March 2021 which saw him sidelined for the 2021/22 run-in.
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Now back in action for the Foxes this term, contributing five goals and five assists, Barnes is eager to continue his development by learning from the best in the business.
"You look at Salah this year and the numbers he has been putting up, he has scored some great goals where he is dribbling, taking players on and scoring some unbelievable goals," the English midfielder told The Beautiful Game Podcast.
"His running in behind and his desire to score goals is what the top attackers have. Even though you're playing wide, you've got to use yourself as an attacker and a striker when you're around the box and he does that so well.
"It's something you can learn from. Like I said, the number he is putting up are numbers you want to recreate those figures. You can take bits out of his game and it's only going to improve you as a player."
Leicester are one of only seven top-flight sides Salah has failed to score against throughout his remarkable goalscoring run since the start of the season.
The Egyptian saw his tame penalty effort saved by Kasper Schmeichel on December 28 as Jurgen Klopp's team slumped to a costly defeat in the Premier League title race.
Despite playing no part in the Foxes' narrow victory due to injury, Barnes believes this could be a game Leicester look back on as a result of significant value in the context of their campaign.
"It was a big result for us," he admitted.
"It's the fixture where, the day in between, we had a few Covid cases so the squad was a little bit broken up. Those fixtures around Christmas are so difficult. Liverpool ended up seeing their game called off so they had the break before playing us and we were straight into that game.
"They [Liverpool] probably weren't firing that game as they have been: Salah missed a penalty and we got a little bit of fortune in that sense. As a team, we were top-notch. Those are the performances that you can hopefully look back at as a turning point in the season."
