Salah broke more Premier League records in opposition to Manchester Metropolis last weekend, with but yet one more goal and an assist.
The 32-year-old’s red-hot kind has unsurprisingly led to widespread reward, with Liverpool purpose Bryan Mbuemo labelling Salah as best in the world.
With Salah seen by many as the proper at school, it begs the question as as as to whether he can go on to win the Ballon d’Or in 2025. Reds boss Arne Slot has since honed in on the speak.
Rio Ferdinand tipped Salah for the Ballon d’Or if Liverpool acquired the Premier League this season and it appears like Slot has echoed the earlier Man United man’s assertion in his present press conference.
Chatting with reporters ahead of the Newcastle recreation, the Liverpool boss was questioned on Salah’s Ballon d’Or chances:
“It’s largely about attackers nonetheless the ultimate winner was a midfielder. Good issue Mo is in dialogue as which implies he is doing correctly and which implies we’re doing correctly. Mainly, any individual who wins the Ballon d’Or should win one factor as correctly.
“What I most popular fairly a bit is that he takes this downside with a large goal and assist vs Metropolis nonetheless his defensive work-rate throughout the second half notably was wonderful. If we as a crew win one factor he has a a lot better chance to win the Ballon d’Or.
“It’ll make his chance solely larger (if we win the Champions League) nonetheless the ultimate one who acquired it didn’t.
“It’s not merely regarding the amount of prizes you win, nonetheless plenty of those who acquired the league or Champions League. Nevertheless soccer is always like this – you need the crew to win an individual prize. Nevertheless Mo understands that.”
Stats counsel Salah is displaying Ballon d’Or kind
The winner of ultimate season’s Ballon d’Or Rodri, recently labelled Salah as his toughest opponent and the stats counsel the Egyptian may even go on to steal the Metropolis-star’s trophy in 2025.
With a gift tally of 30 targets and 21 assists in 38 appearances, Salah is on observe to duplicate the form seen by present Ballon d’Or winners like Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi.
| Ballon d’Or winners | Participant | Stats from worthwhile season |
| 2024 | Rodri | 40 apps (9 targets and 14 assists) |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi | 55 apps (32 targets and 25 assists) |
| 2022 | Karim Benzema | 46 apps (44 targets and 15 assists) |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi | 47 apps (38 targets and 14 assists) |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | 50 apps (51 targets and 22 assists) |
As Slot beforehand talked about stats aren’t the one issue that wins you the Ballon d’Or, a participant’s crew achievements moreover play an infinite place – which was confirmed by Rodri’s triumph in 2024 after worthwhile the Premier League and European Championship with Man Metropolis and Spain.
With that being talked about, if Salah can deal with to drag Liverpool to every league and European success come the summer season, he’ll for optimistic be the favourite to raise the well-known golden ball in 2025.