Jermaine Pennant rates Mohamed Salah more highly than Ballon d’Or winner

Jermaine Pennant has in contrast Mohamed Salah with the perfect proper wingers in Europe and he believes there is just one participant within the place higher than the Liverpool objective machine.

The 2025 Ballon d’Or induced as a lot outrage as common, with many supporters left pissed off by the 30-man rankings drawn up by France Soccer.

It was Ousmanne Dembele who scooped up the award for the primary time, after a season which noticed him win the Champions League with PSG.

18-year-old Lamine Yamal was ranked only one spot under in second, whereas Dembele’s membership teammate Vininha accomplished the highest three.

Primarily based on his kind this season, the 2025 version of the annual award might have been the ultimate likelihood Mohamed Salah had so as to add a Ballon d’Or to his identify.

Nonetheless, Salah completed in fourth placeincomes fewer than half of Dembele’s factors tally. Regardless of this, Jermaine Pennant believes the Egyptian is a greater participant, as he revealed on the Beast Mode Podcast.

The ex-Liverpool ahead claimed Salah was higher than Yamal as effectively, though he did hesitate earlier than delivering his daring verdict.

Pennant continued to heap reward on the 33-year-old, who has spent greater than eight years of his profession at Anfield. He selected Salah over varied Premier League wingers, together with Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Bryan Mbeumo and Noni Madueke.

The theme continued, with Want Doue, Rodrygo and Michael Olise all rated under final season’s Premier League golden boot winner. Salah bagged 29 objectives and 18 assists in a marketing campaign which noticed Liverpool wrap up the league title.

Nonetheless, Lionel Messi, the participant broadly thought of as the perfect on the earth, has registered 34 objectives and 18 assists within the 2025 MLS season. Staggeringly, he averages a couple of objective per sport.

Regardless of Pennant’s enthusiasm for Salah, he needed to concede that Messi was the higher participant, with the 38-year-old persevering with to carry out on the again finish of his profession.

Most Liverpool supporters would normally agree with Pennant, that Salah is among the world’s best wingers. Nonetheless, issues have been raised in regards to the man who seems a shadow of his former self this season.

It might be that Salah can also be within the latter levels of his profession and is now not capable of carry out at his earlier degree, however Arne Slot might be hoping the Reds veteran can nonetheless ship for his group.