Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards agree with predictions for next Ballon d’Or winner

Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards hold that Mohamed Salah should beryllium connected people to triumph this year’s Ballon d’Or if helium continues his magnificent signifier done to the extremity of the season.

Salah has played arguably the finest shot of his full vocation since Arne Slot took implicit the reins from Jurgen Klopp astatine Liverpool past summer, with the Egyptian racking up 21 goals and 12 assists successful 23 league appearances this term.

The talismanic 32-year-old has besides notched 3 goals and 4 assists successful the Champions League to assistance asseverate the Reds arsenic the bookmakers’ favourites to beryllium crowned European champions for what would beryllium a seventh time.

And portion determination remains uncertainty implicit Salah’s semipermanent aboriginal astatine Anfield, helium hasn’t shown immoderate motion that it could bleed onto the transportation and impact his performances.

He volition nary uncertainty person been disappointed not to person been capable to travel connected and power the crippled past weekend, though, arsenic Plymouth dumped Liverpool retired of the FA Cup to extremity each speech of a historical quadruple.

With 8 trophies to his name, Salah is among Liverpool’s astir decorated players of the modern game, determination is 1 prize the guardant is yet to get his hands connected – and that’s the Ballon d’Or.

Twice Salah has finished 5th successful the Ballon d’Or vote, successful 2019 and 2022, but the guardant is considered among the frontrunners to assistance the prestigious grant this clip around.

In the CBS Sports workplace connected Tuesday night, Arsenal icon Henry, Liverpool fable Carragher and erstwhile Manchester City defender Richards each picked Salah arsenic the antheral to yet travel retired connected apical successful October – 12 months connected from Rodri’s crowning moment.

Turning their attentions to Liverpool’s treble chances, the CBS Sports punditry sheet were successful statement that the Slot’s men volition apt find it hard to propulsion disconnected a cleanable expanse of the competitions successful which they are inactive involved.

‘No, I conscionable deliberation the league is the astir important happening for Liverpool this season,’ Carragher replied erstwhile asked whether the nine could triumph the Premier League, the Champions League and the Carabao Cup.

‘I deliberation erstwhile we commencement getting towards March, April, the focus, if Liverpool are playing midweek connected Wednesday night, large Champions League crippled oregon a Saturday, I deliberation for astir radical the league [takes priority].

‘I deliberation Liverpool volition triumph the league and the Carabao Cup.’

Henry said: ‘That’s a tiny treble though. The existent treble is the FA Cup, for me.

‘I deliberation it volition beryllium pugnacious for them, I deliberation it volition beryllium tough.’

Richards, who won the Premier League and FA Cup with Manchester City, chimed in: ‘I deliberation they’ll triumph two. I hold with Jamie.’

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