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Another interesting fact: Since 2007, the Ballon D‘Or went to the CL top scorer 14 out of 16 times (if we count Lewa in 2020).

You may say whatever you want about his character or the choice of the clubs he manages or his decision to leave us after only 4 years, but the fact is that he is about to win his 5th PL in 7 years. Not even SAF achieved this, let alone Wenger, Mourinho etc.

Yeah but Leo already received individual honours, largely based on the WC. The WC golden ball ofc, the FIFA Best award, the IFFHS Playmaker of the year etc. Despite being really bad in the 2021/22 CL KO. If you even look how the WC influenced the Ballon D'Or voting the past years, you see that...

It shouldn't be though...Messi had a great WC tournament, but a tournament of 7 games nonetheless. You can't base the award of the most prestigious individual honour on 7 games. Especially because for better or worse, the WC took place almost a year before the ceremony. Yeah it was dumb that the...

If they win PL+CL, he should win the Ballon d'or. Messi got his flowers, he hasn't been consistently good enough to receive the 8th.

Is it happening?

There is no doubt that big clubs often receive favourable calls. But if there was a deliberate and estimated plan to help specific clubs to get back on their feet and win titles, then why leave these clubs rot for years and years in the first place? Man Utd has been shite for a decade at this...

IF it is true that both parties are indeed interested in a reunion, my theory is this: Laporta and co. have no money to make a high profile signing like Ronaldinho, Neymar or Suarez. We would only dream of signing Haaland or Mbappe, even any top 20 player for that matter, because the price is...

One penalty and 4 tap-ins, unbelievable :lol:

All football legends were done at club level at their early 30s, Messi has managed to keep a high level for a little longer. He proved that he can be decisive for short periods of time, even now, by winning the WC. But what the fuck have other legends done at this age? Pele was close to...

What’s even the point of shitting on Messi? We get it, he’s almost fucking 36 year old, no one is calling him the greatest right now, everyone knows that he cannot lead a team to CL aged 36, unless there is a really competent team around him that can maximize his ability and hide his...

People forget how good Leo was in 2009/10...People were already starting putting him in the GOAT conversation. As others said, 47 goals in a season was pretty unheard of at the time, had not happened in over a decade. Furthermore, the quality of these goals was pretty insane, many of them were...

His 38 goals in all competitions back in 2020/21, playing with a dreadful team should be revisited. Let‘s see if Lewa can reach this number with a far superior team..

No way that was his peak. Barely beating Dortmund, Atalanta and Leipzig on one-match-knockouts without a crowd is no big achievement. His prime was without argument 2014/15 to 2017/18. His was at his absolute best in the (calendar) year of 2015

Valverde, Alba and Dembele should be put to JAIL for denying the GOAT his 5th CL after that epic season

up until 11/12 he was a decent dribbler

Insane...Great times..

I'm going to stop you right there brother. France 2018/2022 better than Brazil 2002, Italy 2006, Spain 2010 and Germany 2014? I'd argue they are closer to the bottom of the group than the top

There's no doubt that the only players in history that are remotely comparable to Messi are Pele and Maradona. The list ends there. And Messi has inarguably the best trophy cabinet. Hell according to France Football's Ballon D'Or reevaluation, Maradona should have won only 2. Messi has...

2018/19 was probably the last good season for a player of his caliber (meaning top 10 in the world). He was truly fearsome between 2008 and 2016 or so. In 2017 and 2018 he was still great, but that Real team was truly unbelievable. Never followed his career that closely, but which season(s)...