Is Mo Salah the best player in the world? Sky Sports pundit compares Salah with Mbappe

Is Mo Salah the best player in the world? Sky Sports pundit compares Salah with Mbappe

Jamie Carragher thinks that the best player in the world conversation is currently between Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah and French striker Kylian Mbappe.

Jamie Carragher thinks it is time for the new era and that it is time to look past the two giants, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

“I think we are already in that era now,” says Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher. “Messi picked up the last Ballon d’Or but I do think that will be the last time we see Messi or Ronaldo pick that trophy up.

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“I think the new generation is ready to take that mantle on.”

“I think the toss-up for me would be between Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe,” he says.

“They would be the two who would split people now in the way Messi and Ronaldo have split people for so many years.“

Mo Salah’s comparison with Mbappe

Comparing between Salah and Mbappe, Jamie said, “But I think the season Salah is having, and the numbers he’s got compared to anyone else in the Premier League, which is the best league in the world right now, just shows how far ahead of everybody else in the Premier League he is.

“With Mbappe, we see that the French league is a level down, but what he’s done in the Champions League, his performance against Real Madrid in the first leg, just tells you how special this guy is.

“A World Cup-winner already, and it will be interesting to see where he is playing his football next season.”

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Lionel Messi’s dip in form with PSG

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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have ruled the footballing world and have been part of the ‘best player in the world’ debate for more than a decade. However, as days go by, both individuals have suffered a drastic drop in their performances.

Lionel Messi landed in PSG at the start of the season, bidding an emotional goodbye to his revered childhood club FC Barcelona. Since then, the Argentine has only managed to score seven times in 24 games for PSG this season.

“He had a brilliant season in his last season at Barcelona, with the numbers you would always expect him to get, but it hasn’t quite clicked for him at Paris Saint-Germain, maybe for a number of reasons.”– said Carragher.

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