European XI of the Season for 2017/18

Forward: Mohamed Salah (FC Liverpool)

Salah has reached the next level at Liverpool

Was there ever any doubt about this one? Mohamed Salah has been the most improved player of this campaign and has even threatened to finally break up the two-horse race between Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi for the Ballon d'Or.

The Egyptian has been a true revelation in Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool side and has helped his team to Champions League qualification by becoming the Premier League's top goalscorer.

For Salah, it has been a record-breaking season that nobody could have expected. The attacker has scored 32 goals, 10 assists and 8 'Man of the Match' awards to his name.

He has also averaged the third-highest whoscored.com rating of all Premier League players, with a rating of 7.69. When joining Liverpool, many thought the Egyptian would do better than during his short Chelsea spell, but little did we know that we would witness something this spectacular.

32 - Mo Salah has now scored 32 Premier League goals this season, more than any player in a 38-game campaign in the competition. Master. #LIVBHA

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 13, 2018

While Salah still has a huge Champions League final ahead of him on 26 May, his Premier League campaign has earned him the PFA Player of the Year award, an accolade highly contested by the outstanding Kevin De Bruyne.

His performances this season have sparked a lot of interest from La Liga, but Liverpool will not be willing to let their most prized asset leave. It will take a massive transfer fee to convince the Reds to part ways with their best player and subsequently break up their attacking trident.

Mohamed Salah wins the individual treble after the #Liverpool forward was also announced the #PremierLeague Player of the Year! "They say I didn't have success here the first time, so it was always in my mind to have success here in the Premier League." pic.twitter.com/YuPhyzaRVN

— Sportskeeda Football (@SK_Football) May 13, 2018

It is debatable whether Salah is the European Player of the Year, there is too much competition to definitely make a judgment on that. However, his inclusion into our European Team of the Season goes without saying.

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Honourable Mention: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

If Ronaldo had performed the entire season, the way he has done since Real's Copa del Rey exit, he would have made the team.

However, a lacklustre start to the season, in which neither he nor his team got going, cost the Portuguese forward a spot in this year's Team of the Season.