While Lionel Messi appears as the big favorite for the France Football Ballon d’Or, this status concerns certain players in the industry.
World champion with Argentina in Qatar 10 months ago, Lionel Messi naturally emerges among the big favorites for the France Football 2023 Ballon d’Or. The native of Rosario would win the greatest individual distinction for the 8th time in his career in the event of a coronation at the end of the month – an absolute record in the history of football. But not everyone sees it that way.
Although he was the author of a more than honorable second part of the season with Paris Saint-Germain on a statistical level, Messi is not unanimous. Adrien Rabiot, for example, believes that his teammate Kylian Mbappé is much better placed to win the Grail, just like Manchester City’s goal machine, Erling Haaland.
“It will be played between Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, I exclude the others”
“I hear a lot that Messi is going to get it. But at the sporting level, it will be played between Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, launched the French midfielder from Juventus Turin in an interview with RMC Sport this week. Saying one of the two would be complicated, it depends on what you base it on. Not everyone ever agrees, but it will be between these two. I exclude the others (laughs). » An outing that should not go unnoticed in Argentina… The countdown is on.
