Nope, didnt say it, love the malleable memory though
Wasnt even what the conversation was about
No worries though
Rather clear what I said - Bellingham better over the course of the season and more integral to the side's success (both club and country, not the 2 week stint the latter got those awarded for) this season than Messi in 2022/23 or 20/21 the last two times he won it. Understandable he got it in 2022 out of sympathy though while sulking in his Paris flat most of the season
We understood that. The point I made is that Messi's 4 week (not two) World Cup took precedence over anything Haaland did, and maybe only Rodri deserved it more. Players have won the BD before just based on the World Cup.
So, yes, Messi's four weeks in the winter of 2022 are miles more impressive than anything Bellingham has done in the last year. And Bellingham has tailed off in 2024 anyway, after a strong August-December 2023. It doesn't really matter that Messi didn't have an impressive club season as HE PUT IN AN ALL-TIME GREAT DISPLAY IN THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPETITION IN OUR SPORT.
All Bellingham is is a PR-driven highlights player who's generally invisible in most games but pops up with a finish in the box. He's a good, not great, player, and will never be an all-time great.
I could go on but I feel I will be wasting my time as you'll simply invent more criteria to justify 'Jude' deserving it over Messi and Benzema in their years.