2023-10-30 05:44:00
The Ballon d’Or ceremony is this Monday evening! The event, which will be broadcast live from 8 p.m. exclusively for Belgium on the Pickx + channel, will reward the best player of the 2022-2023 season. And if we are to believe the bookmakers and predictions, the trophy will be awarded to Lionel Messi for the 8th time.
“It wouldn’t be logical not to give the Ballon d’Or to the best player in history, in a year when he won the World Cup,” Eden Hazard commented in an interview with Téléfoot, also leaving to hear that Messi would not win it without this victory with Argentina. If the World Cup swings for France, Kylian has the Ballon d’Or. Without a doubt.”
Eden Hazard names his favorite for the Ballon d’Or
“For me, if you win the World Cup, especially the way he did it, we can’t say that it’s not deserved if he wins,” agrees Thierry Henry on CBS Sport, also followed by Pep Guardiola. “I have always said that the Ballon d’Or should be separated into two sections. One for Messi and one for the others,” he quipped, therefore believing that his former player should win… ahead of Erling Haaland.
“Haaland should win yes,” he continued. We won the treble, he scored a million goals. I would love for Erling to win. But of course Messi… The worst of the worst of his seasons is the best of the other players. Leo won the World Cup. Both deserve.”
Lionel Messi winner, Erling Haaland second. And who for third place? Many see Kylian Mbappé, finalist of the World Cup in Qatar and author of 41 goals with PSG, reaching one of the top three places for the first time in his career. But the weight of the Champions League and the treble might also weigh in favor of… Kevin De Bruyne (10 goals and 31 assists), who nevertheless does not see himself on the podium despite his splendid season.
Will an 8th trophy reward Lionel Messi or will Erling Haaland be acclaimed?
The captain of the Red Devils, who is still recovering from his injury, would put Haaland as the winner, ahead of Vinicius Jr. and Mbappe. “Erling should win it,” he told Sky Sport last August. But obviously, it’s all a question of perceptions. Why do I put Vinicius ahead of Mbappé in my ranking for the Ballon d’Or winner? I think it’s more difficult for Mbappé to win being at PSG.”
If we are to believe the reasoning of KDB (which does not place Messi in its top 3), voters will therefore have tended to favor a player playing in the Premier League or La Liga. Present on the list of 30 finalists whose ranking will be revealed throughout the day this Monday, the Manchester City player should appear at least in the top 5.
As a reminder, the France Football Ballon d’or formula has evolved since 2022. It is now the representatives of the top 100 countries in the FIFA rankings who vote for their favorite candidates over the past season and not the calendar year. They are asked to judge, in order, according to the individual performance, the collective performance and the exemplary nature of the player.
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