. ▁ ▁Sal ah ▁is ▁nick named ▁" The ▁Ph ara oh " ▁by ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁his ▁fans . ▁Sal ah ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁nick name ▁" E gypt ian ▁King " ▁by ▁Liverpool ▁supp or ters , ▁ar ising ▁from ▁a ▁chant ▁set ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁" S it ▁Down " ▁by ▁English ▁band ▁James . ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁goal ▁that ▁led ▁Egypt ▁to ▁the ▁World ▁Cup ▁final s ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁a ▁school ▁in ▁Egypt ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁him . ▁Following ▁Egypt ' s ▁exit ▁from ▁the ▁World ▁Cup , ▁Sal ah ▁stayed ▁in ▁his ▁home ▁country ▁for ▁his ▁pre - season ▁hol iday . ▁In ▁late ▁June , ▁his ▁address ▁was ▁accident ally ▁le aked ▁on ▁Facebook . ▁After ▁this , ▁crow ds ▁of ▁fans ▁showed ▁up ▁at ▁Sal ah ' s ▁house , ▁with ▁Sal ah ▁gre eting ▁the ▁fans ▁and ▁signing ▁aut ograph s ▁for ▁some , ▁although ▁according ▁to ▁reports ▁in ▁Spain , ▁police ▁did ▁arrive ▁to ▁cord on ▁off ▁his ▁house . ▁ ▁During ▁Liverpool ' s ▁pre - season ▁tour ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁an ▁American ▁artist ▁named ▁Brand an ▁Od ums ▁created ▁a ▁m ural ▁in ▁the ▁Times ▁Square ▁area ▁displaying ▁Sal ah ▁in ▁the ▁Egypt ▁k it , ▁with ▁the ▁player ▁later ▁posting ▁an ▁image ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁pos ing ▁next ▁to ▁it . ▁In ▁Egypt , ▁several ▁mur als ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁created ▁displaying ▁Sal ah ' s ▁li