Salah was recently named PFA Player of the Season by his peers in the Premier League to go along with his Premier League and Playmaker of the Year accolades.
“I want to be recognized as the best player in the world. And the Ballon d’Or is at the forefront of my goals,” Salah told France Football. “For this year, the defeat against Real Madrid is a disadvantage, even if I played a good game in the final. “Last summer, on holiday in Greece, lying in front of the sea, I was asking myself how to be a better footballer, which is getting harder and harder because I always have two or three defenders behind me,” Salah said.