{"id":13231,"date":"2025-03-23T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T13:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=13231"},"modified":"2025-03-23T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:38:35","slug":"england-star-tipped-to-beat-mohamed-salah-and-win-ballon-dor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/england-star-tipped-to-beat-mohamed-salah-and-win-ballon-dor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"England star tipped to beat Mohamed Salah and win Ballon d\u2019Or award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mohamed Salah has enjoyed a superb season for Liverpool (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emile Heskey<\/a> is confident that one England star can pip Mohamed Salah<\/a> to the Ballon d’Or<\/a> award despite the Liverpool<\/a> forward’s remarkable exploits this season.<\/p>\n

Other than a disappointing showing in the Carabao Cup final<\/a>, Salah has been in red-hot form throughout the season for Arne Slot’s side.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian has already notched up 27 goals and 17 assists in 29 Premier League games to help the Reds into a commanding position in the Premier League title race.<\/p>\n

And such form has already seen the 32-year-old installed as one of the early favourites to win the Ballon d’Or, handed out to the best player in the world at a ceremony in Paris in October.<\/a><\/p>\n

While individual stats play a huge part in the eventual winner, trophies – either for club or country – are also a determining factor when judges come to cast their vote.<\/p>\n

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And former Liverpool striker Heskey believes that could work in the favour of current England captain Harry Kane if he is to win the Bundesliga and Champions League<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n

Kane has enjoyed another sparkling season at Bayern Munich, registering 21 goals and seven assists in 24 league games, and unlike Salah<\/a> could still win the Champions League having helped his side progress to the quarter-finals with a victory over Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

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Harry Kane could complete the double with Bayern Munich this season (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I can see Harry Kane winning the Ballon d\u2019Or this year, 100%,’ Heskey told BetVictor<\/a>. ‘With Kane, you always know you’re going to get goals. <\/p>\n

‘It’s great to see that he\u2019s likely to win a trophy this year too, at least the Bundesliga, which will only help his Ballon d\u2019Or case and put him in the running.<\/p>\n

‘We\u2019ll have to wait and see whether that tips things in his favour enough for him to actually win the award, but he\u2019ll always be in the running when he\u2019s scoring goals at the rate that he does. <\/p>\n

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Mohamed Salah saw his Champions League and Carabao Cup hopes dissipate before the international break (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘A Bundesliga and Champions League double would definitely put in him contention for the Ballon d\u2019Or.’<\/p>\n

Liverpool boss Slot, meanwhile, conceded that Salah will need to win more silverware if he is to be considered for the top prize next autumn.<\/p>\n

‘It’s a good thing Mo is in the discussion as that means he is doing well and that means we are doing well,’ Slot said, speaking last month before his side’s exit from Europe. <\/p>\n

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Raphinha is the current favourite to win the award in October (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘For him to stay in that discussion he should bring the same performances as he has done for seven or eight months now. In general, someone who wins the Ballon d’Or needs to win something as well.<\/p>\n

‘That is a great challenge in front of us and in front of him. If we as a team win something he has a far better chance to win an individual prize like the Ballon d’Or.’<\/p>\n

But while Salah and Kane are expected to be in the running for the award, Thierry Henry reckons that Barcelona forward Raphinha should rightfully be considered the early favourite<\/a> given his form this season.<\/p>\n

\u2018Raphinha is ahead, yes, with the\u00a0Ballon d\u2019Or,\u2019 Henry said on CBS Sports. \u2018Because of what he is doing in the\u00a0Champions League, he is on 11 goals in the Champions League. Mo Salah is a great contender for it, Kane is a contender and [Ousmane] Dembele it depends.<\/p>\n

\u2018Raphinha is on a lot of goals with only one penalty. And I\u2019m not saying Kane shouldn\u2019t have penalties. Mo Salah is having a season in the Premier League<\/a> that we will never see again, but I\u2019m saying if a guy has virtually the same amount of goals as you guys score but without penalties, I\u2019m not going to say that\u2019s bad what you did, it\u2019s outstanding, but this guy, I have to talk a bit more about him<\/p>\n

\u2018What Raphinha is doing on top of defending and pressure. When people talk about being complete, as a striker you need to know how to put pressure on and defend, and help your full-back and press well, it\u2019s a lot of things that you need to do and Raphinha has it all.\u2019<\/p>\n

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