Mo Salah has had an unprecedented first season at Liverpool that absolutely no one saw coming.

The Egyptian has set new Premier League records for goals in a 38-game season and most teams scored against, become the first Liverpool player to hit 40 in a season since Ian Rush 30 years ago, and helped fire his team to the Champions League final.

It's no wonder that he's cleared up at awards ceremonies this year; Salah is the PFA, FWA, and Premier League player of the season, the African footballer of the year, and, of course, Liverpool's player of the season.

For a £35m signing who was considered questionable after a failed spell at Chelsea, it's all pretty sensational.

Salah has gone from being regarded as a very good player to the Ballon d'Or discussion - one that will only intensify if he leads Liverpool to European glory next week.

The comparisons with football's dominant duo, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, are inevitable at this point.

Salah pushed Messi closest for the European Golden Boot, while he has outscored Ronaldo so far this season as the two prepare to meet in the Champions League final.

Jurgen Klopp, however, believes people might need to slow down with the comparisons a little bit.

"Mo played a fantastic season but Cristiano has played 15 seasons like this," he told Liverpoolfc.com. "He has scored something like 47,000 goals - crazy numbers.

"Why should we compare? At the time of Pele nobody compared Pele to other players and asked, 'Is he as good as him?'"

Klopp is quite right, obviously, as Salah has a hell of a way to go before he can genuinely be considered on a par with Ronaldo.

The LFC boss then went on to pay tribute to Ronaldo and Messi.

"Now we have Messi and Ronaldo," he said. "They have dominated football for a few years and there are so many other good players.

"Messi and Ronaldo are in the final moment very often in the right position to score a goal and that's the most difficult thing to do in the world. That's why they are where they are.

"The Ballon d'Or is always between them. It's well deserved. When they stop playing football we will miss them, 100 per cent."

He's right, of course. And then comes the chance for players like Salah to show what they're really made of.