Mohamed Salah was dribbling naked in the shower with Francesco Totti as ex-Roma coach shares bizarre anecdote to show Liverpool hero's 'love for football'

Totti and Salah were team-mates at Roma, with the former an icon of the Italian club. Now, Emanuele Marra has revealed just how seriously Salah took improving as a player, to the point that he would even take a football into the shower with him and play with Totti.

During his time at Roma, Salah scored 34 goals and provided 20 assists in 83 games. He was initially on loan at the club from Chelsea before making a permanent switch in 2016; after one season, he joined Liverpool, where he has become a legend.

Marra told Radio Serie A: "Two players that I had the pleasure of training, who are Totti and Salah, at the end of training I found them dribbling in the shower while they were taking a bath. That is, shower with the ball in and they were dribbling: this makes you understand the passion and love there is for what they do. Dribbling at that moment certainly didn't help improve their technique, but they did it simply because they love the ball."

Salah will next be in action when Liverpool play Plymouth Argyle in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday.