"I didn't know him before but I played at Olympiacos with one teammate in the Egypt national team," Kostas Tsimikas explained to Liverpool's official site.
"When I signed, this guy called me and he was with Mo. We started speaking and then the next day we had the same flight from Greece to Austria for the preparations.
"We had time there to speak a lot and from the first minute, we are very close.
"He helped me a lot around the team. He's one of my best mates here in the club. Not just as a player, he's a very good guy also.
"We spend a lot of time here in the training ground and he's very friendly with me. I'm very happy to be close to him."
The Egyptian teammate Kostas refers to is Ahmed Hassan, known as Kouka.
Kouka, a striker, has been with the Greek side since 2018 while also played over 20 times for the Egyptian national side.
After signing for the Reds, Tsimikas instantly became close to Mo Salah, who also uploaded this hilarious story on his Instagram:
