Stop everything: Mo Salah surprised all of Downtown Dubai with a totally unexpected appearance on Saturday.

And fans of the Egyptian professional footballer and adidas ambassador will be kicking themselves for missing this!

The region’s golden boy arrived at The Dubai Mall, next to Dubai Fountains shortly after 3pm to take part in a kids press conference hosted by adidas.

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Mo Salah chatted with kids at an hour long press conference at the foot of the Burj Khalifa

30 kids from DES school had the opportunity to ask Mo Salah whatever they wanted

Kids from all over world, including Salah’s home country Egypt, posed a variety of questions to the footballer. The 7-10 year old journos-to-be asked questions such as, “what was the highlight of your career?” To which Salah replied, “I would say the day I scored the goal which qualified Egypt for the World Cup 2018.”

And fans would agree. It was an amazing moment that will go down in history!

Such a gent! Salah chatted easily with the kids and gave thoughtful answers to each question

He was there for a full hour, then went on to make an appearance at the adidas Originals store at The Dubai Mall, where super excited fans and competition winners got to meet their hero! Local rapper Freek was there too rapping his own track ‘Mo Salah’ TO Mo Salah… HOW cool!

The buzz and excitement from 30 kids was on another level

Happy smiles all round! The students will be talking about this day for a very long time