#2 Mohamed Salah
Yes, Egypt had an unimpressive run in the World Cup 2018 but it would be criminal to hold Salah even partly responsible for that. At the end of the day, he was only present in the last two matches where he scored the only 2 goals for the national side.
The reason he is on the list is his one-for-the-books performance in the recently-concluded season for The Reds. Not even the most optimistic of Liverpool fans could have predicted the impact Salah has made since arriving from AS Roma for £37.8m in June 2017.
The 26-year-old notched up 44 goals in 52 matches for Liverpool with a record-breaking 32 goals in the Premier League.
Salah is a player who can torment even the finest defenders with his lightning pace, neat passes and dribbling skills. Therefore, he has merchandised himself as one of the most intimidating forwards who does not have injury problems week in, week out (a plus point?).