Dejan Lovren Makes 'European Passport' Claim After Mohamed Salah Is Snubbed For FIFA Award

The duo won the Champions League in together in 2019 as well as Liverpool's first Premier League title in 2020.

He continued: "People with knowledge about football they know that he deserves to be in there. What needs to be done to be there? Maybe a European passport," with a shrugging emoji attached.

Salah didn't manage to make it in ahead of Messi, Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland.

Edouard Mendy was named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year after winning the Champions League with Chelsea, but also didn't make the team.

The Senegal international was beaten to the spot by Gianluigi Donnarumma, who won Euro 2020 with Italy last summer.

Salah is currently captaining Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations and they sit second in Group D, behind Nigeria.

It means he isn't available for Liverpool and neither is Sadio Mane, who is away with Senegal.

Manager Jurgen Klopp was asked if their absence, plus Naby Keita's, will have an impact on the Reds' style of play and he replied: “In football, you can be the better team and win a game and you can be the better team and lose a football game.

"You can have a plan and win a football game and you can have no plan and win a football game. It’s all possible.

"Whoever will play in a period when the three boys are not here will have a plan and gives us the chance to win a football game.

"Can we play exactly the same football? Probably not, but who cares. We play the football we are able to play then, that’s the situation."

Liverpool ran out 3-0 winners over Brentford in their last game and sit second in the Premier League.