Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Alisson On Shortlists For 2021 Best FIFA Football Awards

Will Salah claim men's soccer's biggest individual honor?

Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker have been shortlisted for prizes in the 2021 Best FIFA Football Awards.

Salah has been nominated for the Best FIFA Men’s Player award, which recognizes a player’s achievements during the period between October 2020 to August 2021.

Joining the Egyptian on the 11-man shortlist is Karim Benzema; Kevin De Bruyne; Erling Haaland; Jorginho; Neymar; N’Golo Kante; Robert Lewandowski; Kylian Mbappe; Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Alisson, meanwhile, has been put forward for the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper — an accolade he claimed in 2019. 

The Liverpool No.1 is up against Gianluigi Donnarumma; Edouard Mendy; Manuel Neuer and Kasper Schmeichel in the category.

The recipients of the awards are determined by votes from national team coaches, captains, journalists and fans.

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The winners will be revealed at a ceremony in Zurich on January 17. 

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