Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah believes this 12 months is his “greatest probability” to win the Ballon d’Or after his unimaginable kind has helped Arne Slot’s facet clinch the Premier League title.
Salah has registered 28 objectives and 18 assists within the top-flight this season and is at the moment main the way in which within the race for the Golden Boot.
The 32-year-old, who signed a two-year contract extension at Anfield in April, is among the many favourites to take house this 12 months’s Ballon d’Or, with the winner set to be introduced at a ceremony in Paris on Sept. 22.
“I’d say I by no means had a season like this and profitable massive trophies so I’d say that is my greatest probability to get it proper now whereas I am within the membership as a result of it has been a loopy 12 months, a loopy season with a trophy,” Salah instructed Sky Sports activities. “It is given me a very good probability.”
If Salah is to win the distinguished prize — awarded for excellent efficiency on the pitch over the course of the earlier season — he must fend off competitors from Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal and Paris Saint-Germain ahead Ousmane Dembélé, each of whom have helped hearth their groups to league titles this time period.
Reflecting on Salah’s feedback in a information convention on Friday, head coach Slot stated: “It is utterly true. He is had very, superb seasons at Liverpool however this one in all probability stands out when it comes to numbers and in the event you add to that that we additionally gained the league it would in all probability give him a good probability.
“Sadly, for all soccer followers around the globe he is not the one participant who’s had an amazing season. Butt if there was ever an opportunity for him it will likely be this season. If not, he’ll attempt to push even more durable subsequent season. That is what I at all times know with Mo. When it comes to particular person efficiency, [getting better] can be almost not possible, though by no means say one thing is not possible for Mo as a result of he is confirmed that he can at all times increase his sport even additional.”
