Champions League winner Mo Salah has is currently clearly prefering a smoother look when it comes to body hair, ditching the fuzz on his torso.

The football star – dubbed The Egyptian King – is looking considerably less hirsute than he did just a year ago, clearly choosing to wax it all off off before hitting the beach.

The 26-year-old father-of-one has been posting photos of himself in a balmy location emerging from the sea with zero body hair, a sharp contrast to just a year ago, when he sported a more hirsute look in a similar setting.

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While his trademark curls remain untamed, Liverpool’s star striker clearly prefers a smoother approach when it comes to body hair, showing his torso perfectly waxed in recent shots of him celebrating the post-season break – and his Champions League win – on the beach

Fuzz: Salah, 26, pictured last summer on holiday, with his chest and torso hair firmly in place. Right: as he looks now; Mo brushes sand off his six-pack in the shots posted to his social media pages from a tropical-looking location

Mo posed for a series of sultry shots, posting them to his 28.4million followers on Instagram, showing him emerging from the sea.

While his famous trademark shaggy curls and light beard are very much in place, the footballer is clearly opting for a more streamlined look when it comes to body hair.