Crowned Ballon d’Or for the 8th time, Lionel Messi is aware of being in the twilight of his immense career.
If his 8th coronation in the most prestigious individual competition is not necessarily unanimous, the entire planet agrees to place Lionel Messi as one of the three best players of all time – if not the best. Winner of 4 Champions Leagues, crowned champion of South America with Argentina, the native of Rosario “finished the game” by winning the world title with his country last winter.
An outcome which allowed Pulga to establish itself as the best player of the past season ahead of young, long-toothed guns like Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé. Messi also recognizes without difficulty that the Norwegian and the Frenchman are emerging as his natural successors on the Ballon d’Or list. While adding that this 8th trophy would indeed be the last.
Messi announces: “this is my last”
“ It’s been some time since I stopped thinking about the Ballon d’Or, launched Lionel Messi in an interview with L’Équipe. It was never a priority for me to win the Ballon d’Or. And even less now, after everything I’ve accomplished in my career, and compared to all the moments I’ve experienced in my life. I think this is my last Ballon d’Or. And I’m happy to have achieved everything I’ve achieved and to be the only player with eight Ballons d’Or. And that’s all. ” Curtain.
