Egyptian king shows he’s a credible challenger to Ronaldo and Messi

World football has been searching, for so long, for someone to challenge the dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi; and now, surely, after Mo Salah’s stunning performance in a Champions League semi-final the search is over.

Messi.

Between them Ronaldo and Messi, the giants of the game, have won the last 10 Ballon D’Or — five each — and you have to go back all the way to Kaka’s victory in 2007 to find a different name on the famous trophy.

Ronaldo is now 33, Messi is 31 in June, but just like Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer in the tennis arena nobody has emerged from the shadows to challenge their position even with the hands of time ticking on their careers. That is, until now.