Mohamed Salah #10

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The Egyptian King needs little introduction, and his career has become a permanent argument against ceilings. In December, he became the player with the most goal involvements at a single club in Premier League history, with 277, surpassing Wayne Rooney. No one has won more Golden Boot awards in the league’s history than his four (joint-top with Thierry Henry), and he is the highest scoring foreign player in the league. Salah has led Egypt to two Africa Cup of Nations finals in 2017 and 2021, and he was named in the team of the tournament on each run. His defining national team moment, however, remains the stoppage time penalty against Congo in October 2017 that sent Egypt to the 2018 World Cup and ended a 28-year absence from the competition. Since announcing that he will call time on his storied nine-year spell at Liverpool, he has played with a certain freedom, despite not being at his best this season. Salah has scored 65 international goals at the time of writing, second on his country’s all-time list and chasing the record held by Hossam Hassan, Egypt's head coach. As captain and the focal point of the squad, he remains the player around whom successive coaches have built their plans.

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