Furious Liverpool Star Mohamed Salah Breaks Silence After Finishing Seventh in 2021 Ballon d’Or Rankings

• Mohamed Salah has decried finishing seventh at the 2021 Ballon d’Or awards organised by France Football
• Argentine legend Lionel Messi scooped his seventh Ballon d’Or last November after beating Robert Lewandowski to the second position
• Salah says no one in the world expected that he would be seventh, and disclosed that he does not believe in conspiracy theories

Egyptian international Mohamed Salah has stated that he was surprised when he discovered he finished in the seventh position at the 2021 Ballon d’Or.

The most sought after individual prize in football is awarded yearly by France Football, with Paris Saint- Germain superstar Lionel Messi winning it last November after that of 2020 was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Argentine won it for a record seventh time just ahead of Polish striker and Bayern Munich legend Robert Lewandowski.

Jorginho, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively, with five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo finishing sixth.

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Speaking to Egyptian TV channel DMC, Salah who finished seventh said as per SPORTbible:

“It shocked me [not doing better in Ballon d’Or voting], but there’s nothing I can say. No-one in the world expected that I would be seventh, but that’s what happened.

“I do not feel the conspiracy theory, but there may be inaccurate choices, and there are many countries which aren’t popular with football knowledge and so far from it.

“I do not know their choices based on what, but I do not believe in the conspiracy theory.

“I don’t have the feeling that there is anything personal against me specifically in the FIFA choices, but this is the reality we are dealing with.”

Edouard Mendy is not impressed after failing to make the top 30

Meanwhile, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy says he was surprised he did not make the top 30 in the 2021 Ballon d'Or ranking.

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The 29-year-old was one of the best performing goalkeepers in the world last year, helping Chelsea win the UEFA Champions League - the first time in nine years - where he kept a clean in the final against Manchester City at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto.

And after being adjudged the Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper for 2021 earlier this year, Mendy has admitted that he did not make the final shortlist because he is African.

PSG celebrate Messi’s Ballon d’Or triumph

Sports Brief earlier reported that Paris Saint-Germain have paid tribute to Lionel Messi with a gold-tinted kit to celebrate his seventh Ballon d'Or triumph.

The French giants sported the special kit during their Ligue 1 meeting with Monaco at Parc des Princes.

But speaking on his triumph, Messi said he was proud to be named the world's best, describing the victory as "incredible."