The name of the 2023 Ballon d’Or will be officially revealed this Monday, during the trophy presentation ceremony. Regularly cited among the potential winners, Kylian Mbappé has no chance of winning, according to Bixente Lizarazu.
The suspense is at its height and Monday evening, the name of the 2023 Ballon d’Or will be revealed. While waiting for the ceremony organized at the Théâtre du Châtelet to deliver its verdict, supporters can still hope to see their different foals win. A priori, Karim Benzema’s successor should be in a trio of favorites made up of Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé. An outsider, the French team striker should not win. This is the opinion of Bixente Lizarazu.
This Sunday on the show Téléfoot, the 1998 world and 2000 European champion with the Blues, indicated why he thought that Kylian Mbappé was too far behind the other two. “ Of the three players who are mentioned, I think it is too fair for Mbappé. I think it will be between Messi and Haaland. But I think that, the fact of having won and achieved a great World Cup (2022), I will not be surprised if we give it to Messi. (…) It will be his last, the eighth. I have the impression that he is the big favorite in the end.“
Nothing major
Then Bixente Lizarazu focused on the case of Kylian Mbappé. “ I think it counts to have won something major in the season. So it’s the World Cup for Messi, it’s the Champions League for Haaland. It’s the championship for Mbappé. There is neither the Champions League nor the World Cup and that is what has the impact. » However, the consultant announced that in the future, the trophy should be played regularly between Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland.
But not only… ” Now we are going to have an extraordinary race between Haaland and Mbappé. Maybe (Jude) Bellingham will join in on that. It’s going to be interesting. It is the young people who are taking power now. » A page of the Ballon d’Or seems more than ever about to be turned.
