On Wednesday, the shortlist was released for another of football's most prestigious prizes — a place in the FIFPro World 2️⃣ XI — and again only one Liverpool player made the cut. This time, it was Virgil van Dijk rather than 2️⃣ Salah.
READ MORE: Liverpool 'submitsR$33m defender bid' as Kylian Mbappé breaks silence on next transfer move
The first thing to understand here 2️⃣ is that, while it's ostensibly a calendar year award, the best XI is in practice determined by the last complete 2️⃣ season. That's why, for instance, Kevin De Bruyne has been nominated, despite hardly kicking a ball since June because of 2️⃣ injury.
The second is that, unlike other awards, this one is solely in the hands of the players, rather than journalists, 2️⃣ pundits or pundits. According to FIFPro, nearly 22,000 men's players cast their votes for this year's team.
Salah, meanwhile, netted 30 2️⃣ and set up 16 more in all competitions, and clearly, based on Kane's involvement after a season in which Spurs 2️⃣ finished eighth, collective woes aren't an automatic disqualifier. Still, you wouldn't feel too aggrieved if any of the other forwards 2️⃣ claimed the last spot alongside surefire inclusions Haaland and Messi. The real problem is that Salah wasn't nominated at all.
como apostar no futebol betano