Mohamed Salah was prematurely gauged as a headless chicken when he returned to the Premier League with Liverpool. However, he has gone on to have an absolutely scintillating season where he even broke the Premier League goalscoring record after surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Alan Shearer.
Salah was signed from AS Roma for a sum of £37m and that has proved to be a great bargain. Salah, alongside Firmino and Mane have formed the deadliest attacking trio in European football right now.
Salah had to leave the field in the 30th minute of the final against Real Madrid after dislocating his shoulder. As a result, Liverpool lost the final and their hopes of ending the season with some kindof silverware took a huge hit.
With no major silverware in his kitty, Salah winning the Ballon d’Or looks like a tall order. On that note, let’s take a look at the 5 reasons why he will not win the Ballon d’Or this season.
1. The World Cup is here but Egypt’s chances are negligible
2. Messi pipped Salah to the European golden shoes :
Messi is one of the frontrunners for the Ballon d’Or this time around. He won the La Liga title with Barcelona and his club almost had an ‘invincible’ season. He also scored 34 goals in the league which is 2 more than what Salah got for Liverpool.
As a result, Mo Salah lost out on the European Golden Shoes. It also goes to show how insanely consistent Lionel Messi has been for almost a decade that even in a season where he was not at his absolute best, he still ended up being the top scorer in all of the European leagues despite not being an out and out striker.
3. Biggest competitor Cristiano Ronaldo is leading the race