Messi favors Neymar and Mbappe to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or

DBasia.news – Lionel Messi already has his own hero to win the 2021 Ballon d’Or. He has already made his choice of the 30 names that have been nominated.

France Football as the organizer of the Ballon d’or has just released 30 names that are included in the list of candidates. However, the competition is predicted to be narrowed down to just a few names.

Messi himself is one of the candidates favored to win this award. His main competitors are Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne, to N’Golo Kante.

As captain of the Argentine national team, Messi has the right to vote to determine the winner of the Ballon d’Or. He must have at least three names and must not enter himself.

Messi did not find it difficult to make his choice. He admitted that he would choose his team mates at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

“Obviously, I will choose two players from my team, Ney (Neymar) and Kylian (Mbappe),” Messi told L’Equipe.

Neymar and Mbappe are indeed included in the list of nominees for the 2021 Ballon d’Or along with Messi. PSG also sent one more name, Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Even so, Messi is unsure to include Donnarumma in his choice. He still takes into account the actions of players from other clubs.

“There are players at an individual level who have had great seasons, like Lewandowski and Benzema. But it’s difficult to say because what you’ve done on a collective level means a lot to win the Golden Ball,” he added.

“It used to be the player of the year who won the award, but now he’s the one who has collected the most titles. Achieving many achievements carries a lot of weight in this award.”

The selection of the world’s best footballers is very subjective. Everyone has their own point of view regarding this.

No wonder that a player’s success in presenting a championship title for his club is the easiest benchmark to determine the best. Whereas individually, there may be better players.