Why Mo Salah is FINALLY on the verge of winning the Ballon d’Or | OneFootball

The 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony is taking place in Paris on Monday night with Rodri expected to win the award.

However, while this year might be the Manchester City and Spanish international's moment, next year could be Mohamed Salah's for two major reasons.

Salah has never won the award. The closest he has come to taking the prize was finishing fifth in 2019 and 2022.

This year he was shockingly not even nominated among the best 30 players despite enjoying a hugely fruitful personal campaign - even if Liverpool and Egypt as a collective failed to bring the accolades Salah will have wanted.

Liverpool's only nominee at the ceremony is Giorgi Mamardashvili, who is in the running for the Lev Yashin award.

His omission from the list should spur the Liverpool forward on and 2025 could finally be his moment with two key factors at play.