And 8. Monday evening, in Paris, Lionel Messi won his 8th Ballon d’Or and very probably the last of his long career. If the Argentine genius does not intend to hang up his boots, it seems difficult to imagine him succeeding in lifting this distinction again in the years to come. La Pulga can in any case be proud of this award, which it owes in large part – even solely – to its victory at the World Cup in Qatar at the end of 2022.
And justly. Lionel Messi, who spent the entire season at Paris Saint-Germain, does not seem determined to present his Ballon d’Or at the Parc des Princes, in front of his former supporters. “I’m not sure that the Parisians want me to present the Ballon d’Or at the Parc”he whispers, smiling after the ceremony. “My time in Paris did not go as I hoped for different reasons. I lived in Paris for two years and I have very good friends there, I enjoyed the city a lot. My sons really enjoyed it and it cost them a lot to leave Paris because they didn’t want to move yet and wanted to stay in their school and with their friends.”adds Lionel Messi, now well established at Inter Miami, far from the French capital.
