Mohamed Salah spends a bad week. Despite his XXL season with Liverpool, the player is criticized on all sides. After Jamie Carragher who claims that the Egyptian cannot win the Ballon d'Or, it is Rio Ferdinand's turn to attack him. The former defender of Manchester United gave a well -decided opinion concerning the debate of the best player in the history of the Premier League. On TNT Sport, he indicates that the debate is closed and that Salah does not make the weight in the face of other legends passed by the English championship including the ex-international French Thierry Henry: “There is no chance, Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry are better than him.”
It is true that the former Arsenal Crack scored the spirits during his passing in PL with 228 goals scored in 377 matches, for two titles of champion of England with the Gunners (2002 and 2004) and three FA Cup in the charts (2002, 2003 and 2005). Likewise for Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned out to Manchester United. Author of 25 goals in 27 matches with Liverpool, Mohamed Salah is at the top of the ranking of scorers in the Premier League. The player has one of the best seasons in his career at 32.
Thierry Henry after the controversy over the CAN
The debate around Mohamed Salah also opened a debate on the African Cup of Nations. Jammie Carragher said that the player could not claim the Ballon d'Or because he played with Egypt and that the CAN was not a major competition unlike the American Copa and the Euro. Rio Ferdinand, in his podcast, then answered the former Liverpool player indicating that it was ignorance to underestimate the CAN even if, unfortunately, many people share Carragher's opinion.
Ferdinand explained: ” I think his opinion is shared by many people, but I don't think it's just. Is to be ignorant. If you ask Didier Drogba, Abedi Pelé, Samuel Eto'o, Riyad Mahrez, Mo Salah or Sadio Mané, they will tell you: 'We have to win the can'. It is a priority in their country. It is true that this tournament does not benefit from the same resources as the euro, but that is not why we must devalue it. The CAN should be more respected than it is today. ”
