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Playing 90 minutes against Ireland three days ago was probably a mistake. He started well but completely faded in the second half.

This year, he is not in contention to win it. I think the days of him winning a ballon d’or based on stats and performances throughout the year like he did in 2013 are in his past (same for Messi as well) but it’s definitely possible that he could win one off the back of winning a major club or...

If these reports of Messi winning the ballon d’or are true, that surely ends the debate for now, right?

time to open the poll again?

They shouldn’t rob Messi this year because they robbed Lewandowski last year. Just give Lewandowski the ballon d’or for 2020 and then award this year’s as normal.

Surely only between Messi and Lewandowski now?

Seems like it’s just between Messi and Lewandowski now.

First of all, Messi won the Copa del Rey. Secondly, there is only one player in recent history who has won the ballon d’or without winning a club trophy...and it’s CR7

It’s between Messi, Lewandowski, Kante, and Mbappe now.

We can keep the thread locked for now 6-5 it stays

He’ll be lucky to make the top 10 for any of of the individual awards this year.

After the season Mbappe has had, I’m sure he would love being shunted out to the right wing to accomodate a 36 year old who has been average at best in 2021 so far.

He was brought to take Juventus to another level and you can't say he hasn't achieved that. They went from dominating domestically in Italy and being one of the top contenders each year in the Champions League to now losing in the early knockout rounds against Europa League level teams and...

:D:D 4 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 53 votes = Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) 53 votes 6 Thomas Müller (Bayern) 41 votes 7 Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 39 votes 8 Thiago Alcántara (Bayern) 27 votes 9 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) 26 votes 10 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 25 votes

I did actually He had some good moments in the second half yesterday, but not enough to say he performed very well over the tie given how ineffective he was for the first 135 minutes. Messi's performances against Liverpool were streets better and against much tougher opposition, yet he was...