The list of seven candidates announced by the English Premier League included the Manchester City duo, leaders of the competition and closest to the coronation, Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.
The list also included the duo of Arsenal, the team that topped the table from its inception until the handing over of the flag to Manchester City, where Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard featured.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane rivals Manchester U star Marcus Rashford
Knight and Newcastle United full-back Trippier picked up the award, while Salah was completely out of the picture.
Was Salah wronged?
The list of Premier League bests included Saka and Rashford, who both play in the wing position through which Mohamed Salah shines with Liverpool, and Al-Masry is numerically superior to the English duo, in terms of goals and contributions to goals. Mohamed Salah has scored 19 goals so far in the Premier League and netted 10 with total assists (29 goals), becoming the competition’s third-highest contributor after Halland and Kane. Rashford scored 16 goals and assisted 5 goals, with total assists (21 goals), as well as Saka, who scored 13 goals and assisted 11 goals, with total assists (24 goals). Salah also surpasses Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who has scored 7 goals and scored 18 goals, with total assists (25 goals). Odegaard managed to score 15 goals and scored 8 goals, with a total of contributions (23 goals), and finally Kieran Trippier, who scored only one goal and scored 6 goals, a number commensurate with being a defensive back .
Salah appeared in the ‘EA Sports’ team of the season a few days ago, which is the sponsor of the English Premier League, and despite that, he was ultimately left out of the nominations for the best player.
Why was Salah expelled?
Technical analyst Ahmed Farouk said in an interview with ‘Sky News Arabia’ that Salah’s exclusion, despite his individual superiority over all players on the top list except Haaland and Kane, is due to the fact that voters are affected by the weak start. of the Egyptian star this season, and their indifference to the development that has occurred since then and the continued increase in performance at individual and collective level.
Farouk added: “It’s similar to what happened after Messi was crowned with the World Cup. Everyone considered him to have already won the Ballon d’Or, even though more than half of the season is not over yet. The start is always influential in voters’ decision, so Salah dropped out of the draw early.”
Farouk continued: “Salah has been hurt by the situation at Liverpool because he shines and has a big influence on an individual level with his team, but the state of the team in general throughout the season is bad, unlike at Arsenal, which gave Saka a golden opportunity to enter the nominations to compete for the title, as well as Rashford due to Manchester United’s situation.” In the golden box throughout the season.
And he finished: “Salah’s level has developed wonderfully, and he has become the third player to score contributions after Haaland and Kane, and I think he will overtake the Tottenham striker at the end of the season. as the difference is only one goal now, and the Egyptian player’s development continues remarkably in the final rounds.
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