Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: January 2019

#2 Mohamed Salah

Any theories that ruled Salah to be a one-season wonder can rest in the bin now. The Egyptian is in fine form for the Merseysiders as they top the Premier League table, coming largely unscathed after a suffocating set of fixtures towards the end of December.

Salah scored 7 goals and provided 4 assists in the month of December. He's now being quite frequently used as a central striker and thanks to his poaching instincts, Klopp hasn't had to reconsider his decision. He continues to be a threat every time Liverpool regain possession and break on the counter.

If Salah can kick on in the same vein, he'll end up with an enviable amount of goals that will quite easily place him in the reckoning for football's biggest individual honour.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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