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Deserved. An unreal world cup with the golden ball and 20 goals/20 assists at club level.

In another universe two Barca players would be Balon D'Or winners again

Imagine the reception Messi would have had at the Camp Nou after the World Cup win

Bro wasn’t even the player in his own club or the World Cup

Anyone who thought Haaland had a chance after Messi won the world cup was simply a crazed CR7 fan or just living in denial..no surprise here

Disgusting bully behavior by those not promoting discussion, while only accusing other people of crying for stating an opinion which is largely shared among many.

This sub is toxic.

Never heard of bonmati, were they at the World Cup?

Deservedly.

Haaland or De Bruyne will get it. As long as Ronaldo is in Arabia they won't give it to Messi. Ronaldo has too much power rn. Messi deserved it by a mile.

Rodri deserves it if not for the fact that he is the engine for City! Without him, the team pretty much crumbles .

And besides it's high time someone else got it other than Messi or Ronaldo. Getting boring now

The GOAT. Cry about it.

Easiest and most deserved choice to give it to Aitana.

A completely bonkers year where she won everything possible and was the most important player for both her club and country.

Fully deserved, an all time performance in the WC where he dragged Argentina from the group stage to lift the cup. Also 20+ goals and 20+ assists in club level is also overlooked, he was very essential especially in the first half of the season

Honestly, Messi has such a big Cult of Personality around him, it's hard not to give it to him.

Even his fucking teammates buy into it.

First ballon d'or for player playing outside of europe

winning the 8th my 🐐

This feels like one of those lifetime career awards they give at the Oscars.

Which is fair enough. Greatest player we will ever see.

It was always gonna be him honestly, the ballon d’or is won on narratives and the narrative of Messi winning the last trophy he never won is simply too strong to ignore for voters

Robbed haaland

To those who are on the mentality of ''What does Haaland have to do to win it?'' It's being a better player than arguably the best player oat in a year with good stats + remarkable playmaking and an all timer World Cup.

However ruthlessly efficient Haaland can be he will always be at least a tad in disadvantage to a player who can move you with their game. I can see him taking a lot of B'Dors home in the next few years so long as the more skillful/complete players, Mbappe being the prime contender for that competition.

Of course big games also matter and while I think Haaland vs Arsenal was his best game by far of the season his contribution in the CLKOs quieted down from the second round of QFs when people and major voters start really scrutinizing performances.

All in all I'd put Rodri above Haaland for the year and not because of his CL winning goal but rather how absolutely key and irreplaceable he has become in a team that used to seemingly always win regardless of who'd play.

Absolutely deserved for both. A lot of crybabies in this comment section that haven't watched Messi outside a few games this season

popularity award nothing more

Should've been Haaland imo but it was clear the World Cup fairytale ending was too special for them to not give the award to Messi.

If its not rigged then i don't know what is

Poor Haaland got robbed.

what is with this narrative that messi only won the world cup what????

He scored 16 goals and had 16 assists in the ligue 1 PSG won the league by 1 point and messi was an important factor for them winning the league with several match winning goals