Liverpool's Mohamed Salah gets passionate Ballon d'Or backing - 'Time for football to be fair'
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The head coach of the Egypt national side has launched a passionate backing of Mohamed Salah's Ballon d'Or hopes as the Liverpool star gets set to learn his fate on Monday night.
And Hossam Hassan, who has managed Pharaohs captain Salah since February of last year, says "it is time for football to fair" and anoint Salah formally as the world's best player.
Salah scored 34 goals for Liverpool last season as they won the Premier League by 10 points while also losing in the Carabao Cup final and exiting the Champions League at the last-16 stage to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.
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PSG's Ousmane Dembele is currently the bookies' favourite to be given the prestigious award at Theatre du Chatelet but Hassan has given his support to Reds star Salah, who has yet to place inside the top three during his trophy-laden career.
Writing on Instagram, Hassan posted: "Considering the hardships he encountered along his journey, he deserves it..
Based on the size of the challenges you overcome, he deserves it.
"Measuring years of brilliance, excellence and creativity in the strongest league in the world, he deserves it.
"It is difficult to get to the top, but all the difficulty lies in continuing on the top, and he has reached the top and continued on it for many years thanks to God first, then his talent, hard work and determination until he became a role model for all success seekers..
"Is it time for football to be fair and fair with them to choose the winner?
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"Our prayers and the prayers of all Egyptians and all Salah's fans around the world, that Salah should be the winner of the Ballon d'Or to be the best crowning of the career of a great player that may not be repeated again in our history of Egyptian, Arab and African football, but also international."