Jamie Carragher on The Overlap. (Image credit score: The Overlap)
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, who guided the Reds to the Premier League title final season, completed 4th within the Ballon d’Or rankings this week.
The Egyptian attacker completed behind winner Ousmane Dembele, second positioned Lamine Yamal and third positioned Vitinha, Dembele’s teammate at Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool followers have been upset with the result of the awards and felt it was the yr when Salah deserved to win the most important particular person award in soccer.
Maybe this was Salah’s finest likelihood to win the award, contemplating the season he had with Arne Slot’s crew.
Salah had 34 targets and 23 assists final season and it was his finest private season since his transfer to the Reds however nonetheless it was not sufficient to win the Ballon d’Or for him.
Why Mohamed Salah didn’t win the Ballon d’Or
Soccer pundit Jamie Carragher feels that not successful the Champions League performed a task in Dembele successful the award and Salah not successful it.
Talking on The Overlap, the previous Liverpool defender mentioned:
“I feel I’m going again to one thing I mentioned one thing about Salah, it clearly induced a giant storm on the time in regards to the African Cup of Nations.
“However I do really feel that whether or not we prefer it or not, the most important trophies play a component. So usually round a World Cup or a Euro yr, whoever is the participant of the event most of the time would most likely get the trophy.
“I feel the Champions League does play a giant half. I feel if Liverpool beat Paris Saint-Germain in that recreation, Liverpool possibly get to the semi, possibly win who is aware of?
“He most likely will get it.”
Jamie Carragher is spot on together with his evaluation
The largest tournaments play an enormous half in gamers successful such particular person competitions and now we have seen that previously.
Whether or not it was Luka Modric successful it the yr Actual Madrid gained the Champions League and Croatia performed the World Cup ultimate or it was Lionel Messi who gained it when Argentina gained the World Cup.
The home league is a big bonus however the larger competitions, just like the World Cup or the Euro, or the Champions League performs an enormous position.
Dembele gained that with PSG and he had a vital position for his crew all through the event.
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