5 of this season’s most impressive left footed attacking players excluding Lionel Messi

#1 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

The Pharaoh has been the king of Anfield

Such has been the magnificence of the “Pharaoh” that his name is firmly in the hat for the Player of the Year gong and only Kevin De Bruyne’s brilliance in an equally brilliant Manchester City team can stop the Egyptian from taking home the award.

Playing from the right side of Liverpool’s attack, Salah has fit into the team like a glove and his confidence can be seen in the way he now takes on players, his intelligent runs, brilliant link up with his teammates and most importantly, his improved goal scoring.

He looks a long way off the shy, uncertain youngster who first came to England as a Chelsea player from Swiss side FC Basel. He is now stronger, more intelligent and more confident in his abilities and Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool are the biggest beneficiaries of this.

His stats for the season have been mind-blowing as he has plundered 29 goals and made 8 assists already.

His link-up play with Roberto Firmino has been fantastic to behold while his cheeky goal against FC Porto in the Champions League tells the story of a player in the form of his life.