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The Ballon d’Or will always be a divisive subject among football fans, and right now countless Liverpool fans looking at the list of this year’s nominees in disbelief.

The Reds’ season might have faded away somewhat towards the end of the 2023/24 campaign, but many expected an upturn in fortunes from the previous season might have resulted in some recognition for football’s biggest individual prize.

As the names were released in painfully slow fashion though, the ire grew and grew as it became clear there would be no Liverpool representation.

Thoughts turned to the Reds’ two biggest names, Salah and Virgil van Dijk, as supporters meticulously went through the list and found names that raised an eyebrow or two.

When the likes of Mats Hummels and Artem Dovbyk are getting nominated but Salah and Van Dijk aren’t, you can’t help but feel like they have a point.

But they aren’t the Liverpool players who should be feeling most hard done by with France Football’s snub of the Reds.

After all, Salah’s season was interrupted by injury, while Van Dijk couldn’t quite lead the Netherlands to victory at Euro 2024 which might have secured him his nomination.

There is one Liverpool star though whose stock has only grown over the past 12 months, and with yet another international trophy to add to his collection during the summer, his absence on the shortlist is more than a little baffling.

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Sure, it might not have been spectacular, but he certainly emerged as one of the standouts as the Reds claimed the Carabao Cup, and secured their return to the Champions League – in fact, he came third behind Salah and Van Dijk in the club’s Player of the Season awards, which is no mean feat, and you could certainly make a compelling case for him finishing higher than Salah.

On top of that, he once again starred for Argentina as they won the Copa America, adding to his World Cup winner’s medal from two years ago

Mac Allister has been one of his country’s top performers for a long time now though, and combined with his displays for Liverpool, that should have been enough for him to earn a place on the list.

Of course he wouldn’t have had a shot at the big prize next month, and nor would Salah or Van Dijk