Mohamed Salah Beats Fernandes, Ronaldo and Other EPL Superstars to Win Prestigious Award

Mohamed Salah Beats Fernandes, Ronaldo and Other EPL Superstars to Win Prestigious Award

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:50 PM
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  • Mohamed Salah has been named the winner of the 2021 Fans' Footballer of the year which is awesome
  • The Egypt international has been incredible this season for Liverpool and beat Declan Rice and Fernandes for the award
  • Salah and Sadio Mane are expected to leave Liverpool in January and travel to Cameroon for the 2021 AFCON

Salah who plays for Premier League giants Liverpool has won the Fans' Footballer of the Year 2021 award beating the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Declan Rice.

There is no doubt about the fact that Salah has been in incredible form so far this season for Liverpool in all competitions and has also helped the Reds to win important ties.

According to the report on Mirror and Echo, Mohamed Salah going by the votes finished first, while Declan Rice came second as Fernandes of Manchester United ended 3rd.

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Mohamed Salah in action for Premier League side Liverpool. Photo by John Powell
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Recently, Mohamed Salah lost the Ballon d'Or award to Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi and there have been talks for the Egypt international to fight again next year.

What is Liverpool position on the Premier League table?

After 18 games played so far this season in the Premier League, Liverpool are currently occupying second position on the table with 41 points and behind Manchester City who have 44 points.

Liverpool to miss Mohamed Salah in January

Should the African Cup of Nations get the green light to hold in January 2022, then Liverpool are expected to miss Mohamed Salah for some of their games.

Scholes tells Salah 1 stunning thing he must do to beat Ronaldo, Messi for Ballon d'Or award

Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Manchester United legend Paul Scholes enjoined Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah to remain at the Premier League side for him to have the chance to win the Ballon d'Or award.

The Egypt international is currently in the form of his life this season for Liverpool banging in goals for the Reds in all competitions as Jurgen Klopp and his wards remain second in the Premier League.

Real Madrid are said to be interested in signing Mohamed Salah, and according to the report on GOAL, Paul Scholes explained that the best thing for the former Chelsea star to do is to stay at Anfield.

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