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Salah's surprise reunion with little Liverpool fan

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Alan Kearney Image shows Mo Salah leaning down to talk to little Isaac Kearney. They are in the dressing room at the club, and are both wearing the club's kit. Alan Kearney
Isaac Kearney met Mohamed Salah at his new club, Trabzonspor, in Turkey

A young Liverpool fan living with a rare genetic condition has been flown out to Turkey to meet his hero, Mohamed Salah.

Salah's new club, Trabzonspor, and Turkish Airlines flew eight-year-old Isaac Kearney and his family there to surprise the former Liverpool forward, according to a post on Isaac's Instagram account.

Footage published by the Turkish club shows Isaac - who has chromosone disorder Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome - approaching Salah during training before they embrace.

Isaac was also filmed meeting other Trabzonspor players, including Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana, who is on loan at the Turkish club. A post on Isaac's Instagram account said Onana gave him a pair of gloves.

He later accompanied Salah on to the pitch at Papara Park in the north-eastern Turkish city of Trabzon.

The stadium holds about 41,000 supporters.

A post on Isaac's Instagram account described Salah as his "friend the Egyptian King".

Another said: "What a club Trabzonspor are for helping to create this amazing moment. A day we will never forget."

Alan Kearney Isaac raises his arms while sitting in front of a display of Trabzonspor shirts and scarves.Alan Kearney
Isaac wore Trabzonspor's colours during the family's trip to Turkey.

The pair first me in 2024, when Salah and then-captain Virgil van Dijk surprised him at school.

He was also invited to be a mascot for Liverpool's Premier League match against Manchester City at Anfield.

Alan Kearney Image shows Isaac sitting on a training football pitch. Salah stands in front of him with his hands on his hips. Alan Kearney
Isaac was flown over to Turkey to meet Salah

Salah, 34, joined Trabzonspor on a two-year contract after nine seasons at Liverpool, during which he scored 191 Premier League goals.

He made his Trabzonspor debut as a second-half substitute in a 1-1 draw at Kasimpasa on 15 August.

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