Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: November 2019

Modified Nov 05, 2019 13:06 GMT

#4 Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah

Two men who really don't need any introduction with the former more so than the latter. Ronaldo has always been a goalscoring machine and he continues to be one as he kicks on with leading Juventus from the front. In the past month, Ronaldo scored 4 goals and put in two man of the match performances.

At the age of 34-years-old, Ronaldo's athleticism and hunger for goal is unmatched. As for Mohamed Salah, normal services has been restored and the Egyptian finds himself among goals as he usually does.

Salah scored 4 goals and registered an assist in the month of October. Mo Salah missed Liverpool's most important away fixture of the season against Manchester United but he made sure that his tally does not reflect his absence in any manner.

Either Ronaldo or Salah or maybe even both could make it to the podium this year.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Zaid Khan