Real Madrid was shiet after Beckham arrived, they rise again since Bale and CR7 playing for Madrid

Not since Becks arrived, since Makelele left ;)

@@cameronpeterson5961 💯. Mak was the glue on the mufuka

Zidane was a choker that yr. Real didnt get La Liga and choke early in CL. Jamie created the greatest football game of all-time and beat the GOAT Milan team to take the entire CL. He deserves it. Its not like hes ahead of Zidane anyway, hes just listed.

I know, right? He's much better

Basically Henry is saying that Haland is get robbed

@@santoshmongar9357 Messi deserves it.

He was ROBBED in 2003

@@nostradamusus No he doesn't

You can see Henry reaction that’s he was robbed and Haaland get robbed too

Kate’s fiancee sure hates him

He wasn’t this humble when he peaked at arsenal

Lol he's humble but when it comes to cr7 he's a hater

@@faizankhalid3842 I’m not talking about that era. It’s 2000s. He was the best player in PL and he knew it. He got humbled by Messi when he was at Barcelona coz he met the best.

​@faizankhalid3842 id say he has a tinge of that but not a lot. The only thing he said that id deem hateful even though i see his perspective due to his era. Is calling R9 the Real Ronaldo, as if CR7 isnt. Especially when Cristiano achieved all that and more than R9 was projected to achieve, but did not due to injuries etc

Ballon D'or is not the standard used to judge all time greats. Henry didn't win but he's much better than a lot of guys who've won it

Nedved, Shevchenko both unbelievable players but the years they won it ahead of TT was an absolute disgrace. TT was outperforming both of them in those season's clearly the best player on the planet. It was arguable between him and Ronaldinho the year he won it too - both had similar numbers, but Ronny winning the CL just put him ahead that season.

​​@@gladiatorscoops4907Dinho won the Ballon D'Or in 2005, but he won the UCL in 2006.

R9 was more complete, but Henry did it for more years

messi and modric is the only player to win this award without being the deserving winner. modric only won it because if they gave it to CR7 that year he would have gone 1 ahead of messi. its clear and obvious and no secret

I think they will do it at some point later on the years... just like how they gave Pele/Maradona ballon dors.

They will surely after his retirement to honour his whole career kinda thing

It should be Muller. Lewandowski had an immensely overrated season where he disappeared in nearly all big games.

@@101notfound17 he isn't important enough. If they wanted, they would have given him the 2020. It's insane how bandwagoners actually think he belongs there when for the large majority he was only known for being a slightly worse Nistelrooy (which he is).

Mate its time to get over it

Football isn't stats, watch the actual games and the quality gap between Serie A and the EPL in 2003. Nedvěd deserved that Ballon d'Or.

@@Wladislav - lol you are clueless.. henry was on another level.. he was definitely robbed

​@Wladislav there wasn't much difference...between the two leagues...juventus didn't even win the champions league...they lost to ac Milan...English clubs were right up the with the best in uerope as they have always been

@@Wladislav I think it's pretty clear Nedved won it because of team success, not because of Serie A's quality. Juve won Serie A and Italian Super Cup and were runners up on penalties in the Champions League. In contrast, Arsenal only won the FA Cup that year. I strongly suspect if Arsenal's Invincibles season were a year earlier, Henry would've won Ballon d'Or.

@@UnathiNenete There was. Manchester United were the only EPL club to even reach the quarter-finals that year. The other clubs were Real Madrid Barcelona Valencia Juventus AC Milan Inter Milan Ajax AC Milan did win the Champions League, but Nedvěd didn't get to play in the final due to accumulated yellow cards. Considering how it ended up being a penalty shootout, there is a good chance that if Nedvěd had played, Juventus would have won the final.

Nah Henry was robbed

Its not a team award mate

@@moz7777 that is true, so what do you think? Messi or haaland?

Forget 2003, it was 2004 where the real controversy lied.

​@@vangledoshRVN outscored him and win player of the season didn't he?

Blame Arsene for being extremely cheap. A little investment and they could have maybe won a few UCL.

@@nascimentoarantes Some good teams simply struggle in Europe. The very good Inter Milan of the latter 2000s famously disappointed year after year, until the summer of 2009 when Mourinho came and replaced around half the starting XI with Eto’o, Milito, Sneijder, Lucio, and Pandev. Or look at Guardiola’s first great City team of Aguero, Silva, Sterling, Sane, Fernandinho, Kompany, and Otamendi.

​@@hitthurdeauxSpot on 👍

Ironically we knocked juve out the CL in 01/02 and 05/06 Henry scoring in 2 out of 4 games. Beat inter 5-1 in 03/04 Henry with 2 goals and 2 assists. Henry loved playing in Italy

@@JJones-oi3jcDon’t forget the hatrick against Roma in 02.

🤣💀

Fr he’s the real goat 😂

For real, all these players have only done it for one team, Maguire guided like 5 different teams to get wins over United within a month.

Fr gives contributions for both teams makes him remarkable

Respectfully he the opposite of ballon d'or. For some odd reason he did play well with England during the World Cup.

Same here. TH14, R10, R9

same🥰

Does Micah know that Nedved played CM? He should have compared Nedved's stats to Patrick Vieira's stats to get a grasp of how exceptional Pavel Nedved was in 2003.

did you even know where Nedved was playing during his career ? did you really expect to see goal stats there ? 🤡

No he didn't react cause he knew how dumb the comment was. Goals are not everything. And he is not even being compared to a striker, of course Henry will have better goalscoring stats. It's common sense nobody won a ballon d or for scoring 17 goals. Nedved contributed in other ways as well, and led his team to trophies.

Then by that same logic KDB and not Haaland should be considered for the trophy this year...thats what henry was pointing out...there is no consistency and its difficult to debate opinions which may change year on year@@kunalsingh4418

@@kunalsingh4418 only goals can win you the game bro. most important stat.

Her pronunciation is really on point though. She has it all 😍

Ong😂😂😂

and also at that time Serie A was the most competitive league in the world and not to mention Henry didn’t play well in the UCL which has always been a big factor on the award

@@rusty111fire agree

lol, Nedved didn’t deserve it. He didn’t even win UCL and didn’t make FIFA world player of the year podium. That year was Henry’s, he did with the FIFA confederations cup as best player.

Confederations Cup? 🤣 France was the only team that brought their best team for a pointless tournament haha.

@@EmraldoDaSilva spot on

????

LMAO the most random fact was he and buffon are same age and born in the same day TIL

Deserve that? To be tied with Ronaldo while Ronaldo was like 18? XD

He’s not though is he . One plays in MLS one plays in the premier league .

it's not even fair cuz Haaland can't compete with his national team and that's not his fault,messi had his time already, and this is coming from a man utd fan man

@@rocky6270 so a ronoldo fan

@@rocky6270 Why do y'all always support anyone against Messi except Ronaldo himself?

he is not competing. Its just the Media constantly pushing this short fraud as " still the best player" in the world...

How about 28 assists for a striker and 14 for an attacking midfielder? Henry- 32 goals & 28 assists Nedved- 17 goals & 14 assists Looks like Henry was double in productivity.

@@nascimentoarantes let's see if I got this right. So, a midfielder that managed to get those pretty remarkable stats as the best player of the team that in that year had reached the UCL final (where he couldn't play), being probably the best player in what was arguably the toughest league in Europe at that time (3 Serie A team in the semifinals), being a key player that led his club to win that same league should have come second to the striker of a team that didn't make it through the second group stage of the UCL that year just based on the goals scored mostly in what at that time was an inferior league? Isn't that what the golden boot is for? Who scores the most goals wins it, very simple. The Balon d'or is supposed to be awarded to the best player, which in the end is an opinion and we can argue all day that Henry deserved it more than Nedved, but arguing that a striker is a better player compared to a midfielder just based on the goals and assists scored, I'm not sure it's fair neither makes much sense in my opinion, but who am I to judge 🤷‍♂

@@callejonization he spelled the key word which u disregarded and that is PRODUCTIVITY! henry had nearly double the amount of nedved's assist and nedved played in a position that is ALL ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY!!! insane stats by both but henry was a clear cut above nedved who he himself said he was shocked to win the trophy that day because he thought henry would have won it and even said henry deserved it!!! thats the man who won it by the way! lets not pretend EPL wasnt as tough as serie A if not tougher bcz if i start giving names our teeth will drop come on... do i also need to mention that the quality of the teamates matter? i shouldnt but seems like i should... the greatness of that arsenal back in the day comes 90% thanks to henry, they had pretty good players but nowhere near good enough, most of mega teams back then had AT LEAST 4-5 mega players, arsenal had 2 (1. henry, begkamp was at the end of his career, ashley cole who later on left and vieira who didnt get to play much with titi) fabregas and rosicky peaked by the time henry got a massive injury (2007) so he didnt got to play with their peaked versions and then he went to barca, same case with van persie its even more impressive to achieve beyond world class stats, breaking a record in a team that doesnt provide the quality that other big teams do! (read that again) the fact that nedved didnt get to play in the final that year is not an argument that favors him at all, its an absence you cant determine how a "ghost" would do in that game so that take is invalid and therefore dismissed... no matter how we slice it in terms of productivity and while having the superior quality team nedved was FAR from providing assist at the level on henry did and the success of both teams should also include the involvement of their teams aswell and that juve was FLYING that year and yes while nedved was the driver the quality elevated his performance further, henry didnt had that priviledge and he still put some disgustingly high numbers... he broke an ultimate record that is matched by the one and only leo messi... its over

Henry was best player in premier league and FIFA confederations cup by some distance. Champions league he wasn’t. So compare the overall body of work and individual output. No one was more deserving.

During those days serie a was considered better than premier league. And nedved scored 15 goals and 10 assists. Those are still to this day great numbers for a midfielder

@@nascimentoarantes confederations Cup literally doesn’t matter. Yes Henry was brilliant in 2003, but he failed in Europe while Nedved excelled. Meanwhile in the league Henry was the best player in the PL but lost the title and the golden boot; Nedved was arguably the best player in Serie A and won it. Just too much for Henry to overcome with better statistics and more eye catching attacking football.

@@hitthurdeaux this type of argument is why some thought Jorginho deserved balon d’or in 2021. I recall Arsenal smashing Inter Milan 5-1 at the San Siro in the early 00 and beating the Juve team that sent most players to the Italy World Cup winning squad. I also recall PL teams beating Italian teams so please spare me the BS. Henry deserved to win the Balon d’or ahead of Nedved and Shevchenko. PS: confederations cup probably doesn’t matter because your country can never be in it. 😂😂😂

@@occelatus1063those days when Arsenal smashed Inter Milan 5-1 at the San Siro? You must be drunk. PL teams routinely beat Italian teams and vice Versa, I don’t know what you’re on about. By the way Arsenal also beat the Juve team that produced most of the Italy 06 World Cup squad.

Along with national team captains and managers, who all vote for their friends and team mates or their players.

@@Alfie_1nah that doesn’t work in the ballon dor ,that works in fifa poty or fifa best award and uefa poty

@@101notfound17 No he's right. They do get a vote. And they absolutely are biased towards their teammates at club level. You can look at some previous votes, where people who played with Messi would put Messi, Suarez, Neymar #1 #2 #3 and not have ronaldo top 5 in a season he scored 50 goals for example haha. Then I'm sure the same is true of people that played w Ronaldo. It's a stupid award these days.

@@101notfound17In the past they did for the Ballon d’Or but rn not anymore. But in the latest FIFA’s Best Messi won by far at the votes of the National teams captains/managers.

@@jpa_fasty3997 lmfao that won't be a problem this season as nobody other than Ronaldo's own country mate and club mates will vote for him for this Ballon D'or 😂😂

Because you’re being purposefully controversial - the most important and influential player is of relevance. Alvarez had a fantastic season but in order to be in the debate, you have to be the ‘guy’. I’m sure you knew all this which is why I’m confused why you decided to point it out.

…If Belgium had won the WC then De Bruyne would’ve won it… but because of his team’s woeful performance, it negates his achievement at City. Haaland was an enigma because he performed wonderfully at City but needed more “special moments” to convince people

incredible to think that you would even come up with this question. its like you dont know anything about football at all

​@YA-ye3el KDB deserved top 4-5 discussion though. He was sensational despite Belgium blowing their tournament.

@@Luso00_ he was 4th

Yeah while Etoo was NEVER amongst the best players bec his game didn't translate into total football. But as a striker he was amongst the best.

@@Mercurial.definitely it was impossible to rate Eto above Ronaldihno........not forget Henry himself....for me Henry was above Eto even by 2006

Ye but eto never had a season where he could have won it

​@@Mercurial.By that logic, Ronaldo shouldn't have won it after 2014 as, partly, because of his knee injury he became more and more of a poacher than a proper winger. Apart from the fact, that he never was a 'total footballer' if we're talking about creating chances for his teammates like Strikers like Henry or Kane are able to.

​@@rod2274look at Eto'os 2005/06 stats ( when Cannavaro won it simply for being Italys captain when they won the world cup): 34 goals and 10 assist in 47 matches troughout all competitions (including managing to get Lehmann sent off in the UEFA CL final and scoring the equalizer). That year he definitely would've deserved to win it but because he didn't play in the WC he went unnoticed. If you're not from a big nation in most cases you won't get the recognition you deserve. Look at the disrespect Kaylor Navas got despite being one of THE best goalkeepers in the world at his prime. Eto'o definitely had seasons where he deserved the Balon d'Or especially the 2005/06 one.

I am assuming you didn't actually want the full 90 minutes of the games that season. He was world class, but he ghosted in the big games. 0 G/A in all of the finals he appeared in that year. He was the best player in the world by far that year, but in the big moments, he ghosted. Just like Haaland this year. And the big games mean more than statpadding in the league.

​@@kripxic7044 He scored and dominated vs the best teams in Europe when they were GREAT TEAMS not like this teams of today, soft and average quality. Henry played against LEGENDS as himself was one while today you play vs tik tokers and IG models. He has amongst the best ratio in big games whether it's PL or CL. You been emotional with hatred bec ur favourite player wasn't even half the player Henry was. Him and Messi are the only in modern HISTORY with 25&20 for a season 🤫

@@Mercurial.still ghosted the big games

He never deserved it over Ronaldinho, and Nedved was an immense presence for Juve in their CL final run. Meanwhile the "invincible" Arsenal were embarrassed in the last 16.

@@alphonseelric5722 you can make the same argument about Messi though, he did very little in the UCL during many of his balon dor winning years.

True

Messi should have 10 Ballon D'or's minimum if the award was based on the best player & not team achievements

Messi was the best individually every year he played

​@@DercudezAbsolutely

Clowns

Whaaaaaat??? My man I swear u guys messi lovers are something else?

Corruption. I think everybody agrees Henry was the best that year.

not just 2003 😂 i think 2002 and 2004 too

​@@Jay-op4dv2002?? 😂😂😂 R9 won the world cup and Copa America before that clown Henry was NEVER a big time player 😂😂😂

No he shouldn’t, Nedvěd was the better player that year

2003 and 2004 Henry should have won at least one of those years. And I think he was one goal away from winning in 2006 had Arsenal won the UCL.

well too bad your opinions dont matter since you arent voting.

That’s the problem with the award, we’re using team trophies to credit an individual trophy. The guy had more than DOUBLE Nedved’s goals AND assists

Balon d'or should be for the best player that year. Henry was by far the best player on the planet that year. The only player in history other than Messi to get 20+ goals and 20+ assists in a domestic season was Thierry in 2003.

Nedved was a midfielder not a striker, yet he had a strikers tally. Team performance is important and standing out in big games when it matters. This is what football is about. Many great players didn't receive a Ballon d'Or; Maldini, Raul, Del Piero, Deco, Totti, Pirlo etc. I understand many of you are from Premier League but back in the day it wasn't where all the football furore was made. I myself hardly ever watched Premier League and I am not from any of the big football countries.

Paolo Maldini may say a word on that 2003 balon d'or that he should have got

Lmao Nedved wasn't even the best player in his own team.

2002 France won the euros, that would be enough for Henry with his domestic stats as well.

@@GK-qc5ry No, 2002 was the World Cup not the Euro and France was last in its group stage (they did a bad world cup). France won the Euro in 2000, but we are talking about the season 2002-2003.

You say this yet Henry had more goals and assists than Nedved so that should be a cancellation on your first point.

@@DamianAntonio4126 Nedved was a midfielder. Del Piero and Trezeguet were supposed to score the goals, yet Nedved scored more than Trezeguet while mastering the midfield. He had an amazing season and definitely deserved it.

spot on

Serie wasn’t as dominant in 2003 as it was before. Henry totally deserved it over Pavel

Paolo Maldini may see it differently...just sayin'

Lmao Nedved wasn't even the best player of his own team

It is unless politics comes into play like AGAIN for Messi 💰

@@Mercurial. still crying..... the man is fluid football but ...whatever makes you feel better!:)

Indeed, but i don't think he deserves 8, maybe 5

​@@TheMapTimemessi before this comment:8 messi after this comment:8😂😂😂😂😂

@@derrickkinya Exactly. They should just limit ballon d'or at 3 per player. If they win ballon d'or hattrick award should be named something like GOAT D'or or Legendary D'or whatever 😂

pessi robbed lewa vvd iniesta and sneijder

​@@mr-ov5gtBruh what?? 😂😂 You don't even know what you talking about just listing players your heard on the media bandwagon..Why do you think they deserved it more than Messi?? 😂😂 If Ballon d'Ors were true in Individual performances, Messi should have won from 2009 to 2021 and 2023 😂😂

@@Triple_X_X stat padding against relegation fodders don't make you the best messi g/a contributed 0 to major trophies in those yr biased pessi rider

@@mr-ov5gt ahh yes you are absolutely right if you consider Real Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and many more relegation teams.

​@@mr-ov5gtdod you want him to stat-pad against bottom teams like Arsenal, werewolves, Luton and Sheffield Sunday or Monday or whatever they are called ?? 😂😂

And what about Nueur 2014. Who totally revolutionize the Gk post and won the Wc of course but didn’t he win it? NO so don’t talk about Messi. And plus Bayern went to 1/2 ucl that year too with Nueur.

Kdb got the mosts assists😂 mans said pre assist 💀💀 Messi robbing yet another award😂

The year Iniesta won the w/c its was given to messi not Ronaldo

It was messi that won that year lmao

WTF is pre assists? 😂😂😂

Imagine Owen and Sheva won it and not Titi who was 5 times the player they EVER were.

​@@Mercurial.Shevchenko was better than Henry, a lot better actually

@@rossl5908 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

PAOLO CESARE MALDINI...and you forget the prem was weak early 2000s, AC Milan dominated yet the greatest of all time never won it...yet he did lift 5 of the big ones, and the one in 2003 aswell...

@@rossl5908 judging from that face now ive seen it all... AHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAH

Modric won for his wc performance. If balon d’or was simply for stats, messi would have 10+. Haaland doesn’t do enough in games to warrant a best player award. He has 5 touches a game.

Brother, it is how he did it. Haaland is simply a goal scorer with no individual brilliance. Talking about individual brilliance Messi could have won Balon d’or every year from 2009 to 2021. But they do consider trophies won sometimes. This time he won the World Cup by being absolutely brilliant.

No, that’s not what he said. On the contrary, he is arguing against the nonsense of “being robed”. There are 100 journalists that voted freely. You can be in line with their opinions. But to say there was robbery is stupid. Xavi said it, Messi should win it every ear because he is the one that plays the game better than anyone. As simple as that.

Xavi and Iniesta are 2 people, and the golden ball can't be shared. That's the point

Xavi or Iniesta? Before you throw out your shitty comment, choose one of the two. Messi in 2010 was in his prime, it would have been stupid to choose Iniesta or Xavi over him that year, no matter how many world cups they win

100%

Why, Iniesta wasnt even the best player of the tournament. He pretty much in the same boat as Ribbery, Neuer etc. Only there because his team won something major while noone in perticular stood out.

facts. or Sniejder since he won treble, lead netherlands to the final as the best player...but people forget.

I think he means, sometimes the consensus better player doesn't always win.

Lmao is tht all your new excuse?

@@akiraaoiichigo it literally is

Agreed ...sure messi deserves it but it's just too inconsistent as an award it should be canceled because one day vini will out perform every 1 than halaand wins it because he won a fa cup and carbou cup of course my prediction is not to be taken seriously just an example as history has taught us the same thing

fr it has lost its credibility

@@LallyKing05 WHY???BECAUSE CR7 AND PAALAND IS SCORING PENS???STOP CRYING

Thats unfair. Messi is to old and play mls

So the award should be about our favorite players, not the best ones??

⁠@@velislavdamyanov3323it’s already about our favorite ones 😂 why do you think Messi is a favorite to win it

@@noyes88so you know football more than Henry and R9 who said Messi deserves to win😂

It is not quantifiable. A player like Haaland can score 50 goals and won't inspire or make kids and adults cry at the same time. A goal like Zidane's in the CL final vs Leverkusen was it, can inspire the next generation of players. Kids will play in the sun, rain and darkness until their mums come physically drag them off the field because of such a goal. So it is an emotional award. I don't remember the moment myself but it is said Nedved had a few games like that in Juventus' CL run that year (2003). And that's how he beat Henry to the award. But debate aside, any one saying Messi doesn't deserve this year's award by playing down captaining Argentina to the world cup and crucial goals at every stage (the goal against Mexico is what calmed team, they were getting nervous, a nervousness and impatience that loses you games), to argue he doesn't deserve it is in my opinion dishonest. I saw Batistuta cry that night of the WC final, in fact sob in happiness, he was a pundit but was sobbing in happiness. Only true football fans understand what winning a world cup means.

​@@noyes88exactly

Yeah he absolutely deserves it.

he also won a treble which has only happened twice before by one club in the premier league

because there were other players scoring 60+ goals as well🤷‍♂

@@vineetboodhoo5141 No one cares about City League. Everyone knows City will win it every single year.

@@sarthakberiha6724 🤡

Nobody's scored more than Haaland in England for over 28 years. Let's be honest La Liga doesn't come close to the levels of competition in the Premier League.

Agreed. He was City's best player. But the Ballon d'Or is a popularity contest and those who score goals are just more popular. It is what it is.

KDB?? 😂 for what?? He just gives out great passes then go into hiding..Do you even know what best player means?!

​@@ImaybeNormalThere is a player that can both be a playmaker and a goalscorer, is overall a complete player and is levels above KDB

shock. nobody really considers midfielders unless you win a worldcup. it's always goals based. always. van dijk had the highest peak a defender could have in football and he didn't get anywhere near winning it.

Lmao😂 He was complaining through out the worldcup😂

He won a trophy with 3 different teams this year you forget that ? Or just salty Ronaldo isn’t even nominated

so your telling me haaland deserves to win it with his digusting final performances?💀💀💀

@@aminabasi1141 should you deserve it for getting 5 penalties?

@@twinz5694 Ronaldo fan talking about penalties when Ronaldo's only goal at the World Cup was a penalty

@@twinz5694Messis assists vs netherlands and croatia has more quality than 90% of haalands goals. You’re just here crying supporting anyone but messi because of your beloved camel. It’s embarrassing.

"Anyone but Messi please I beg you"

Ignorant comment and perfect example of how all you Ronaldo fans are trying to make it seem like Messi is robbing this award bc yall hate him. Really? Julian Alvarez? Hes elite for sure but he wasnt even a starter for Man City in the Prem or CL and wasnt even top three player for Argentina let alone best young player on his team!(enzo won best young player). Sure, maybe KDB, Rodri, Mbappe and Haaland all have good cases to win the award, but messi is not robbing nobody. Multiple people can be deserving of an award but unfortunately one can only win. Its not that Messi just won the world cup, he won the world cup AND had an all time campaign. He was undoubtedly the best player in the biggest tournament on earth and if you actually watched Argentina/PSG play youd see who the driving force of the attack is. Hes a creator/playmaker and a goal scorer

You're coping so hard bro, you don't believe that yourself

Messi was player of the tournament, Alvarez wasn’t

@@jandregarcia6434 Messi also won a domestic double in France which gives him another buffer to win it. He should win it, but I'm happy as long as it's him or Haaland. Also the best player for city was De Bruyne and the shared 2nd place from city is Haaland and Rodri. If it doesn't go to Haaland or Messi it should be KDB.

Good point on the stat comparisons and the different positions.

Facts

Yup

Treble is even rarer 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@AstroSully World Cup is more important 🤷‍♂

@@user-ir2ox2if2p I’ll go with the achievement which is rarer

8 games shouldn’t be more important than a whole season though. Messi got stats in the French league which is regarded as the worst out of the top 5 and I think might have even gone down to the sixth best league based on statistics. Haaland should have won it this year and if Ronaldo was still in Europe and had Haalands stats this season then there’s a high chance he would have won it.

Was Owen better than Rooney?

Wasn't Cristiano 18 then?

@@zeo4481 yes 😅

WTF is that?? What logic is this?? 😂😂😂😂😂🤷

Yep Messi robbed so many ballon d’ors that it’s a worthless award now

Lol if Messi was Norwegian he would have qualified Norway to the World Cup , something Haaland will never do . Best tap in receiver of All time can only do it for massive teams .

Haaland can have a world cup like Messi? Haaland didn't score in ANY ANYYYYY of the finals last season. That's mad.

@@Triple_X_Xhe’s right tho

Finally someone said it. These guys haven’t got the balls to say the truth

Because in every season Messi was the best individual my if this award was individually Messi would have won 10+ balon dors

Remember, Man city won the treble without Halland scoring in major finals. No doubt, Halland was great throughout the season, but he did not even qualify or play in the most important and difficult football tournament in the world--WC. If Halland had played in that competition and even got to the semis, he may have won. What Messi did in the world cup, considering the pressure on him and his age, is just remarkable. He did not just win the WC, he was clearly the best player in almost all the games he played. That is not a small feat

@@martinschidozieezuma6741 Messi is the penalty king 👑 😂

@martinschidozieezuma6741 they also lost major trophies last season because they needed a striker like him. He offers goals were small teams successfully park the bus against them

Booo I hate when people say Messi won the World Cup so he deserves it. Like Henry said why didn’t iniesta or xavi win during the Spain dominance era? It’s all just opinion and propaganda for the mls to get hyped and make more revenue

De Paul is not good,Di Maria was injured played less games, Alvarez was not well known and didn't get much game time at city. MC Alister was playing for Brighton and unknown team,Enzo was playing for benfica(farmers league).

You're right Figo didn't win any trophies with Barcelona in 2000, but it was either Figo or Zidane that was player of the tournament at the Euros. Rivaldo was player of the tournament at 1999 Copa America.

another undeserved ballondr

If we are giving this award to the best player in the world Messi would have 12 balon d’or. Maybe we can let Haaland win this 1.

obviously. They won the WC and everything, but in ther club team was a guy who completely stands above all, so it makes no sence to give the golden ball to them.

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I honestly don't know how the winners of this trophy is selected yes

​@@k.2754but the reason they're saying Haaland or KDB or Rodri shouldn't win it is cause they didn't stand out in the World Cup. Iniesta and Xavi stood out in the world cup. Why didn't they win it

@@k.2754Iniesta and Xavi deserved atleast 1 Golden Ball. Even if Messi was better.

Out of Iniesta, Xavi and Messi, only Messi won the World Cup and the WC golden ball in the same campaign. While you could argue that Iniesta/Xavi should've won at least in their time, they shouldn't have won it over Messi.

Alvarez: -World Cup (scores more in-play goals than Messi and 3rd in golden boot) -UEFA Champions League -English Premier League -English FA Cup *crickets*

Who doesn't appreciate Messi, they have their reasons. Yet, those reasons block their eyes to see the beauty in what Messi has done to football world., especially what he has done to Argentina and the fans all around the world in the World Cup event.

UCL, Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup vs Copa America (against defending Copa America Champions - Brazil, Finalisima (against European Champions - Italy, FIFA World Cup (against defending World Cup Champions - France & PSG president K. Mbappè), MOTM in all tournaments. I think we all know the winner here.

Exactly, not even close to his best season, while Haaland had the best season ever for a player in the meca of football. No freaking way a cup that lasts a month is worth more than a whole season in Europe, wc is overestimated (and I say it as a brazilian)! So if the WC decides the prize than just change the name every 4 yrs to Ballon d’champion du monde…

@@Nicolau_Flamel " Haaland had the best season ever for a player in the meca of football" do you watch Football from youtube comments? Haaland's season isn't even top 20 in history. And it doesn't matter what some random Brazillian like you says, the best Brazilian currently alive says Messi deserves to win it, R9 and Pep Guardiola > you.

@@emmijames358 Open secret that Messi was going to win it. So obvious.

People forget how elite Italian football was and view that era through EPL eyes only. Nedved was superb and the heartbeat of every team he played for.

@@mediacenterman8583Henry was robbed, full stop.