2023-09-09
Erling Haaland and Leo Messi are the big favorites to win the next Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on October 30 by France Football in Paris.
The Norwegian was the winner of the Premier and Champions League with Manchester City, not to mention that he was a scorer in both competitions, while the Argentine won the World Cup in Qatar with Argentina, being the MVP of the tournament and was awarded The Best by FIFA .
France Football published who are the 30 nominees to win the Ballon d’Or, but the truth is that the list will be reduced to three and in the end on paper the definition will be between Haaland and Messi.
But for former Chelsea, Celtic, Derby County player, among others, Craig Burley, there are no doubts. Erling should be the winner of said award and he made it very clear in an interview for ESPN in the United Kingdom.
“If Haaland doesn’t win the Ballon d’Or, we have to close the store. Messi won the World Cup, and it is a great achievement, but in a period of four weeks. His performance in the league was not the best. His thing with PSG was terrible,” says the Scot.
And he added: “More than 50 goals, a Premier League title, the FA Cup and the Champions League. Haaland should win the award. I know that many cannot get off the Messi train, but we have to look at the bigger picture.”
It should be remembered that at the club level, Messi only won Ligue 1 with PSG. The man from Rosario left France after two irregular seasons and is now shining at Inter Miami in the United States.
On the other hand, one hundred journalists from the main nations in the FIFA classification will be in charge of voting for the finalists to win the Ballon d’Or.
2023-09-09 21:37:42
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