Rio Ferdinand Backs Mo Salah as Frontrunner for 2025 Ballon d’Or

Football legend Rio Ferdinand has named Mo Salah as the leading contender for the men’s Ballon d’Or this year.

Salah has been in exceptional form, netting 30 goals in 39 appearances for Liverpool this season while guiding the club to the top of the Premier League and the last 16 of the Champions League.

‘Right now at this moment in time, I don’t think there’s anyone else on the podium with him,’ Ferdinand said this week on TNT Sports.

Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League showdown with Paris Saint-Germain, Rio Ferdinand highlighted Mohamed Salah as the frontrunner for the Ballon d’Or. The winner of the clash will face either Aston Villa or Club Brugge in the quarter-finals.

However, Ferdinand noted that the 32-year-old Egyptian might miss out on football’s top individual honor if Liverpool fail to win or make a deep run in the Champions League.