'I can't believe he is one of us' – inside Salah's life in Trabzon

BBC Sport travels to Turkey to watch Mohamed Salah play for Trabzonspor and discover how the 'Egyptian King' is settling into life by the Black Sea. Mohamed Salah has scored 10 goals in 15 games for Turkish club Trabzonspor Back in August, when Mohamed Salah landed in Istanbul after flying in from his holiday in Mykonos, he wore Trabzonspor's burgundy and blue home strip as he stepped out of the plane to be greeted by thousands of fans. That kit sold out almost instantly. Later that day, as Salah headed to Trabzon in north-east Turkey to complete the formalities of one of the most unexpected transfers, he asked one of his entourage what he should wear.

"The same kit," came the response, but Trabzonspor president Ertugrul Dogan advised Salah to wear the black away kit instead. Of course, that sold out too. From the outset of the 34-year-old's arrival to this historic port city on the Black Sea, that sense of adulation has only grown. "I went to the airport to see him in Istanbul and it was surreal," says Nisa Dumangoz. "I still can't believe that he is one of us." Go for a stroll through Trabzon on matchday and it is Salah's face which adorns everything. Even the walls inside the fishmongers have pictures of him. At the