Didier Drogba would be well advised to stock up on the tissues.
The former Ivory Coast striker joked that he 'wants to cry' as the unstoppable Mohamed Salah closes in on more of his records at an astonishing rate of knots.
'If he continues, he's going to destroy all my records!' said Chelsea legend Drogba in conversation with Mido on Mehwar TV in Egypt.
Mohamed Salah (pictured) recently overtook Didier Drogba to claim the record of the African player with the most goals in the Premier League and now has 108 goals in total
Drogba scored 104 goals in the Premier League during his two spells with Chelsea
Salah's hat-trick in Liverpool's 5-0 win over Manchester United took him past Drogba's record
It came after Liverpool's in-form striker Salah recently became the most prolific African player in Premier League history.
His hat-trick in that 5-0 thrashing of rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford last month elevated Salah beyond Drogba's tally of 104 Premier League goals.
With Salah also on target in last weekend's 4-0 drubbing of Arsenal, the Egyptian star now has 108 in the competition (two for his old club Chelsea and 106 for Liverpool).
Remarkably, Salah became the first ever visiting player to score a Premier League hat-trick at Old Trafford, his treble the highlight of an astonishing scoring run of 14 goals in 10 consecutive matches in all competitions.
Salah looks likely to establish a benchmark for African players in England's top-flight that probably won't ever be beaten even if he barely scrapes into the top 30 of overall Premier League goalscorers.
And the bad news for Drogba, who netted 100 times in his first Chelsea spell and four in his second during the 2014-15 season, is that he could soon be third in this particular list.
Liverpool's Sadio Mane, from Senegal, has also zoomed up on him, reaching 102 Premier League goals after he too netted against Arsenal.
With Mane in sparkling form this season, it's only a matter of time before he moves ahead of Drogba and it could be neck and neck between him and team-mate Salah from then on.
Drogba though may not be too bothered - his tally of four Premier League titles with Chelsea is unlikely to be bettered by either Liverpool star and his legendary status is secure.
