Former Madrid Galactico Luis Figo, Marco van Basten, Oleg Blokhin, and Zinedine Zidane gave him third-place votes, too. Perhaps surprisingly, the reigning award-winner, Gavi, did not make the top three a year on, despite still being a teenager and thus still eligible
“First of all, I want to thank the people who voted, who selected me as the winner of this award. I obviously share this with my teammates from the Argentina national team,” Messi said. “We are here representing everything that’s been achieved
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Cristiano Ronaldo appears to have mocked Lionel Messi’s record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or win on social media. The five-time winner has broken his silence on Messi, who widened the gap between the two on Monday night and, to many, settled their generation’s GOAT
Lionel Messi’s bodyguard has become the butt of a joke at Inter Miami after one of the legendary Argentine’s teammates decided to dress up as his personal security man for Halloween. Messi picked up his record eighth Ballon d’Or trophy on Monday
The time has come to find out which player will be the next winner of the Ballon d’Or, with Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland among the standout contenders. The prize is given to the world’s best individual player on a yearly basis
Guardiola managed Messi between 2008 and 2012 at Barcelona and witnessed firsthand Haaland’s excellent 2022-23 campaign with City. But the Spaniard refused to be drawn on picking between the two, insisting there should be two awards. “Always I said the Ballon d’Or
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was brought on after 53 minutes for Alvarez after recently making his comeback from injury. While the 36-year-old didn’t manage to add his name to the scoresheet, he hit the post twice and was just pleased to get
Saudi Arabia’s summer spending spree lured the likes of Neymar and Karim Benzema to the Kingdom, but the Public Investment Fund (PIF) missed out on the man they really wanted: Lionel Messi. However, the Saudi Premier League has not given up all
The U.S. Open Cup was one step too far for Inter Miami without Lionel Messi, as they struggled while their star player watched on from the sidelines. It was by far the worst display from Miami since Messi joined the club as