Liverpool star Mohamed Salah came close to the Ballon d’Or this time around, finishing fourth – but it wasn’t quite enough to win the gong.

The Egyptian star has been talked about regularly as being one of the best players in the sport over the past decade, winning every trophy possible with Liverpool, as well as becoming the fourth-highest goalscorer in Premier League history.

He’s recently overtaken Andy Cole, and having hit one of his highest performance levels even at the age of 32 last season, the wide forward still has plenty in the tank despite moving for £34million almost 10 years ago.

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He may not be on the levels that Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi once were, but Salah can comfortably say he’s been in the conversation for one of the world’s best players over the years.

And that has led to Robbie Savage stating that he’s still better than arguably the world’s best player on form at the moment in Real Madrid and France hero, Kylian Mbappe.

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