Mohamed Salah wins the 2021 Golden Foot award in Monaco as the best player in the world

The Egyptian star won Mohamed Salah The Liverpool striker was awarded the Golden Foot award, during the ceremony held on Monday evening in the French Principality of Monaco, outperforming many stars, as he received the award from veteran Brazilian star Dani Alves, right-back of Barcelona, during the ceremony. His wife, Maguy Sadiq, represented Salah in receiving the award, amid a special celebration. Salah won the 2021 Golden Foot Award, beating Sergio Ramos, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, Neymar, Gerard Pique, Romelu Lukaku and Giorgio Chiellini. This international award is intended for players aged 28 or over, who have distinguished themselves for their sporting achievements, individually or as a team, and have been nominated by a jury of international journalists to win the “Golden Foot”. Mohamed Salah became the first Arab player to win the award, as well as the third African player, after Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o. In the statements published by the famous journalist Gianluca Di Marzio on the sidelines of the ceremony, Salah recalled his past in Italy with Fiorentina and Roma, and he said: “Coming to the Italian league helped me a lot because when I was at Chelsea I had to change the type of football and my culture, and I felt that I had to change direction”. Playing, Italy helped me, I want to greet both the Roma and Fiorentina fans, I had a great time there, they were great and they always made me feel their love. “And speaking of overcoming the record of the Ivorian legend, Didier Drogba, la star Egyptian added: “It was a reason because he is a legend, we know each other, and he is a friend of mine, this was another reason for me to beat his record, and I did.
Mohamed Salah finished seventh in the 2021 Golden Ball race, at the ceremony held Monday in the French capital, Paris, while the Argentine Lionel Messi, French star of Paris Saint-Germain, won the award, beating the Polish Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich’s top scorer, finished second.
Mohamed Salah finished seventh in the 2021 Ballon d'Or race, at the ceremony held yesterday in the French capital, Paris.