Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has spoken of his 'shock' at finishing seventh in the 2021 Ballon d'Or.
The 29-year-old enjoyed a sensational year, scoring 37 goals, but a lack of silverware ultimately cost the forward at the awards ceremony in December.
Salah picked up just 121 votes while the winner, Lionel Messi, won with nearly 500 more votes than the Egyptian.
'The results of the Ballon d'Or were shocking to me,' he told the Liverpool Echo.
'I don't have much to say about it, but there was nobody who expected me to finish seventh last year, but that is what happened.