Argentina superstar Lionel Messi is expected to lift his eighth Ballon d’Or award this month after the winners for both the male and female awards 2023 were leaked.

According to Spanish media SPORT, Messi will be handed the most prestigious of individual accolades 2023 Ballon d’Or at a ceremony hosted by France Football in Paris on October 30.

Young and enterprising stars like Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe have all been tipped to compete with Messi after a superb year.


Haaland won the Treble with Manchester City last season after scoring a record 52 goals in 53 games. Mbappe bagged a hat-trick in the World Cup final against Messi’s Argentina and performed well during an underwhelming campaign for PSG.

However, Messi is due to scoop the award for his efforts in winning the World Cup for Argentina in Qatar.

Messi has reportedly been informed of his victory this time around ahead of the ceremony taking place in Paris.

The Argentine and former Barcelona superstar already has seven Ballon d’Or to his name – more than any player in football history. He is now set to scoop the eight Ballon d’Or.

The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain playmaker joined Inter Miami in July and immediately set MLS alight with strings of exciting performances.

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Pendu is about to cry more.

Same saudi that almost devour super chickens.

promise4040:
Pendu is about to cry more.

You really think Ronaldo and his fans give a 4k??
2010 Spain wins , they give messi
2014 Germany wins, they give Messi
2018 France wins , they give modric
2022 Argentina wins and they now say it has to be the winner of WC ... lmao ...who are they decieving... yes, they are decieving sheep called messi minions

Beverlyjean:


You really think Ronaldo and his fans give a 4k??
2010 Spain wins , they give messi
2014 Germany wins, they give Messi
2018 France wins , they give modric
2022 Argentina wins and they now say it has to be the winner of WC ... lmao ...who are they decieving... yes, they are decieving sheep called messi minions

No player in those team that won world cup performed outstandingly in the world cup. Is it Iniesta that scored one goal and no assist or Ozil in German team. Be truthfully to yourself, forget about the goals, I have never seen brilliant and consistent individual performance in world cup like Messi did. I remember some beautiful move like pass against Holland after dribbling some players, the movement with Gavidol a supposed best defender in world cup to create assist for Alvarez his performance against Australia and others. Take it or leave it, Messi performance at the world cup deserves more than Ballondor at 35

oyatainer:


No player in those team that won world cup performed outstandingly in the world cup. Is it Iniesta that scored one goal and no assist or Ozil in German team. Be truthfully to yourself, forget about the goals, I have never seen brilliant and consistent individual performance in world cup like Messi did. I remember some beautiful move like pass against Holland after dribbling some players, the movement with Gavidol a supposed best defender in world cup to create assist for Alvarez his performance against Australia and others. Take it or leave it, Messi performance at the world cup deserves more than Ballondor at 35

2010...villa was outstanding... he scored in every game apart from the semis and final ... he scored 80% of Spain goals ... he was overlooked

2014 ... muller was 2nd top scorer in the tournament...he was overlooked

2018... mbappe was outstanding... achieved the same thing Pele achieved in his first WC... he was overlooked

2022... Messi scores 6 penalties out of his 8 goals and they say he deserves it .... lmao... mbappe outperformed Messi in the WC... Halaand that played 61 games and fired over 50 goals for club and Country is overlooked for the one that played just 7 games ...lmao

Beverlyjean:


You really think Ronaldo and his fans give a 4k??
2010 Spain wins , they give messi
2014 Germany wins, they give Messi
2018 France wins , they give modric
2022 Argentina wins and they now say it has to be the winner of WC ... lmao ...who are they decieving... yes, they are decieving sheep called messi minions

2010 Messi
2014 CR7
2018 Modric

2014 was a World Cup year that Ronaldo overwhelmingly underperformed in the tournament yet he won ahead of Neuer and Muller

How did Messi win 2014 in your own book?

Beverlyjean:


You really think Ronaldo and his fans give a 4k??
2010 Spain wins , they give messi
2014 Germany wins, they give Messi
2018 France wins , they give modric
2022 Argentina wins and they now say it has to be the winner of WC ... lmao ...who are they decieving... yes, they are decieving sheep called messi minions

Cry me a river

Beverlyjean:



2010...villa was outstanding... he scored in every game apart from the semis and final ... he scored 80% of Spain goals ... he was overlooked

2014 ... muller was 2nd top scorer in the tournament...he was overlooked

2018... mbappe was outstanding... achieved the same thing Pele achieved in his first WC... he was overlooked

2022... Messi scores 6 penalties out of his 8 goals and they say he deserves it .... lmao... mbappe outperformed Messi in the WC... Halaand that played 61 games and fired over 50 goals for club and Country is overlooked for the one that played just 7 games ...lmao

The award is for best player not top scorer.

Suddenly, Mbappe that ghosted for France in the quarter, semi and for good 80mins in the final is better than Messi cos he scored 2 penalties against Argentina.

Stop making claims you lack facts to justify.

I will always maintain my stand. Based on achievements, both players deserves the award.

Haaland won UCL, EPL & FA cup
Messi won WC, Ligue one & League Cup

Haaland won EPL & UEFA Best Player
Messi won WC Golden ball.

Haaland 56goals, 9 assists
Messi 42goals, 26 assists

Well deserved. It's a World Cup year.

It's hard to beat a name like Pessi after winning the world cup, it's just like CR7 winning the world cup, there's no how he won't have won Ballondor.

There's no problems. This still doesn't mean, CR7 isn't greater than Pessi for me.

Beverlyjean:



2010...villa was outstanding... he scored in every game apart from the semis and final ... he scored 80% of Spain goals ... he was overlooked

2014 ... muller was 2nd top scorer in the tournament...he was overlooked

2018... mbappe was outstanding... achieved the same thing Pele achieved in his first WC... he was overlooked

2022... Messi scores 6 penalties out of his 8 goals and they say he deserves it .... lmao... mbappe outperformed Messi in the WC... Halaand that played 61 games and fired over 50 goals for club and Country is overlooked for the one that played just 7 games ...lmao

Messi scored 4 penalties not 6 penalties. You result to lie when you have no hiding place again. Messi without penalty in world cup will still win golden ball without Penalties which Ronaldo can never do. HAS Ronaldo ever won golden ball in Portugal jersey? Never , can never do that.

Ronaldo has so programed his penaldos brain that you only see goals in football not aesthetics. My favourite moments of Messi in world cup was not even any goal but dazzling movements against Holland where he decieve many defenders to cut in a pass , his movement against Australia and beautiful one against Croatia where he made fool of best defender in world cup Gavidol. Oga, go and watch highlight of football, no individual player has had the kind of performance Messi had in last world cup since I started to watch football.


On Villa and Muller, it just confirms further that Ronaldo has reprogrammed your brain to see only goals. Modric scored only three goals for Croatia in 2018 and he was the undisputable golden ball winner and Ballondor winner eventually. People that judge footballers know better than you. Do you know what Roneey and likes of Giggs said about Messi? He will score you but he will torment you first before scoring. That's what always give Messi edge over Ronaldo and others. Messi is just too good. Someone that create, pass and score cannot be compared to someone who focuses on goals.

Guess what, without Penalties you are shouting, Ronaldo had no contribution at all in world cup. Absolutely nothing!

Beverlyjean:



2010...villa was outstanding... he scored in every game apart from the semis and final ... he scored 80% of Spain goals ... he was overlooked

2014 ... muller was 2nd top scorer in the tournament...he was overlooked

2018... mbappe was outstanding... achieved the same thing Pele achieved in his first WC... he was overlooked

2022... Messi scores 6 penalties out of his 8 goals and they say he deserves it .... lmao... mbappe outperformed Messi in the WC... Halaand that played 61 games and fired over 50 goals for club and Country is overlooked for the one that played just 7 games ...lmao

Mbappe that disappeared in world cup untill fianal. Before final hattricks, Mbappe last goal was in group stage and he had three penalties as well. Apart from his second goal in final, I can't remember any memorable moment of Mbape in world cup, in fact players like Alvarez, Hakimi and Bono did better than Mbape in world cup.

Forget about the hatred, you and I knew from 2005 that Messi greatness will be immeasurable unlike someone who began copy copy in 2007 or so. He complete football from underage to world cup level.

Wake me up when Ronaldo wins golden ball in Portugal jersey oga!

oyatainer:



Mbappe that disappeared in world cup untill fianal. Before final hattricks, Mbappe last goal was in group stage and he had three penalties as well. Apart from his second goal in final, I can't remember any memorable moment of Mbape in world cup, in fact players like Alvarez, Hakimi and Bono did better than Mbape in world cup.

Forget about the hatred, you and I knew from 2005 that Messi greatness will be immeasurable unlike someone who began copy copy in 2007 or so. He complete football from underage to world cup level.

Wake me up when Ronaldo wins golden ball in Portugal jersey oga!

Mbappe disappeared until final u say...lmao... who knocked out Argentina in the round of 16?


U see how foolish you minions are ... 3 penalties u say...lmao... Greizmann was the one playing the penalties for France in 2018 and not Mbappe ...

In 2022 ... who destroyed England ?? Who was the man of the match , against Morocco, who set up both goals ?? Who was man of the match... u say mbappe disappeared until final and that he only performed in group stage ... what of Messi on 2014... he only performed in the group stages against Nigeria, Bosnia and Iran .... but had no more goal contributions until the tournament ended ...he was rewarded with the golden ball and also balon dor ...

U see how u minions have ur hypocrisy smelling like shit ...

Copy copy u say... lmao... y did Messi not win the pichichi until Ronaldo arrived Spain... cos Ronaldo was blasting, the criminal threatened to leave Barca if Guardiola dint change his position....reason Zlatan left barca ... confirmed by zlatan ... u are a sheep ... Ronaldo remains the greatest...all his balon dor is well deserved ...not the criminal that stole from Sneijder 2010, Ronaldo 2012 , Neymar or muller 2015, van dyke 2019, lewandowski 2021 , and now Mbappe or halaand is about to be robbed

OJEEMAH:

2010 Messi
2014 CR7
2018 Modric

2014 was a World Cup year that Ronaldo overwhelmingly underperformed in the tournament yet he won ahead of Neuer and Muller

How did Messi win 2014 in your own book?

Ronaldo was announced winner because of the champions league .... so why are they not giving halaand ... that's the criminality we are talking about...

Beverlyjean:


Mbappe disappeared until final u say...lmao... who knocked out Argentina in the round of 16?


U see how foolish you minions are ... 3 penalties u say...lmao... Greizmann was the one playing the penalties for France in 2018 and not Mbappe ...

In 2022 ... who destroyed England ?? Who was the man of the match , against Morocco, who set up both goals ?? Who was man of the match... u say mbappe disappeared until final and that he only performed in group stage ... what of Messi on 2014... he only performed in the group stages against Nigeria, Bosnia and Iran .... but had no more goal contributions until the tournament ended ...he was rewarded with the golden ball and also balon dor ...

U see how u minions have ur hypocrisy smelling like shit ...

Copy copy u say... lmao... y did Messi not win the pichichi until Ronaldo arrived Spain... cos Ronaldo was blasting, the criminal threatened to leave Barca if Guardiola dint change his position....reason Zlatan left barca ... confirmed by zlatan ... u are a sheep ... Ronaldo remains the greatest...all his balon dor is well deserved ...not the criminal that stole from Sneijder 2010, Ronaldo 2012 , Neymar or muller 2015, van dyke 2019, lewandowski 2021 , and now Mbappe or halaand is about to be robbed

You just shot yourself in the foot with lies.

In QF, France vs England Giroud was MOTM not Mbappe.

In SF, France vs Morocco, Greizmann was MOTM not Mbappe.

Tchoumani and Giroud scored. Greizmann assisted

How did Mbappe who did not score nor assists be MOTM against England?

Ronaldo won 2014 Balon D’or not Messi

Beverlyjean:


Ronaldo was announced winner because of the champions league .... so why are they not giving halaand ... that's the criminality we are talking about...

champions league is not bigger than World Cup. Never is and never will be. Ronaldo won cos Messi lost 2014 final and no player in the German team could challenge him statistically.

Well deserved win by the GOAT.

There's no how the greatest player in history will win a world cup as it's best player and not win the Ballon dor.

Even lesser mortals but legends like De Lima, Zidane, Romario, Modric won the best player award solely on account of their WC exploits. Among them, only Ronaldo of 2002 reached Messi's 2022 performance level.

Anybody still in denial is just foaming in the mouth. No evidence.

Jokerman:
Well deserved. It's a World Cup year.

It's hard to beat a name like Pessi after winning the world cup, it's just like CR7 winning the world cup, there's no how he won't have won Ballondor.

There's no problems. This still doesn't mean, CR7 isn't greater than Pessi for me.

Exactly✅

Jokerman:
Well deserved. It's a World Cup year.

It's hard to beat a name like Pessi after winning the world cup, it's just like CR7 winning the world cup, there's no how he won't have won Ballondor.

There's no problems. This still doesn't mean, CR7 isn't greater than Pessi for me.

I like how you just gave yourself sense and fell in line jejely. It's stupid to argue against logic and you recognized that.

Though even for you, Messi is GOAT. He is the GOAT, My GOAT, your GOAT, our GOAT, Global GOAT, GOAT of goats . Its for the same reason it's stupid to argue against logic.

ThierryJay:
Well deserved win by the GOAT.

There's no how the greatest player in history will win a world cup as it's best player and not win the Ballon dor.

Even lesser mortals but legends like De Lima, Zidane, Romario, Modric won the best player award solely on account of their WC exploits. Among them, only Ronaldo of 2002 reached Messi's 2022 performance level.

Anybody still in denial is just foaming in the mouth. No evidence.

Exactly the point!

Messi did not just win the World Cup. The performance against Mexico, Australia, Netherlands, Croatia & France was just too good to ignore.

OJEEMAH:
champions league is not bigger than World Cup. Never is and never will be. Ronaldo won cos Messi lost 2014 final and no player in the German team could challenge him statistically.

Champions league is bigger than world cup....world cup is still leaving in past glory... there is no top player that havnt played the champions league.....but there are top players that havnt played the world cup... the champions league places all good players on parallel...the world cup don't.... winning the world cup is determined by the country u represent... if de Lima wasn't Brazilian, he wudnt have won any major cup in his career , apart from la liga ... players like Shevchenko lewandowski halaand all won champions league, something de Lima cudnt do... these same players would have won the WC if they represented countries like Germany, Italy and Spain .... Messi cudnt have won the WC if he were Colombian... u can only judge players that play for the top footballing nations ...reason Messi was criticised all those years ... comparing portugal and Argentina in National football is like comparing Juventus to Arsenal when it comes to the champions league

OJEEMAH:
Exactly the point!

Messi did not just win the World Cup. The performance against Mexico, Australia, Netherlands, Croatia & France was just too good to ignore.

Thank you bro. Imagine if Ronaldo put in even just half of Messi's scintillating WC performance and now won the WC, his fans will be singing for the Ballon dor before the closing ceremony ends.

Bunch of hypocrites.

Beverlyjean:


Champions league is bigger than world cup....world cup is still leaving in past glory... there is no top player that havnt played the champions league.....but there are top players that havnt played the world cup... the champions league places all good players on parallel...the world cup don't.... winning the world cup is determined by the country u represent... if de Lima wasn't Brazilian, he wudnt have won any major cup in his career , apart from la liga ... players like Shevchenko lewandowski halaand all won champions league, something de Lima cudnt do... these same players would have won the WC if they represented countries like Germany, Italy and Spain .... Messi cudnt have won the WC if he were Colombian... u can only judge players that play for the top footballing nations ...reason Messi was criticised all those years ... comparing portugal and Argentina in National football is like comparing Juventus to Arsenal when it comes to the champions league

All these assumptions will not erase facts. Whether past or present glory, World cup is ranked above all other competitions.

By your logic, champions league is also not a level playing ground. There are good players that will never win champions league cos of the clubs they represent.

If Henry didn’t join Barcelona, he would never have won UCL.

De Lima played for all the top clubs but he never won UCL.

Ibrahimovic never won UCL despite playing for Ajax, Juve, Inter, Barcelona, Milan & Man United.

Harry Kane is currently dreaming of UCL cos he’s currently playing for one of the favorites.

I can go on and on.

How can Mbappe finish 5th?

Mhen Tinubu dey learn work....🤣🤣

It's obvious,even the blind can see,am not sure seeing his kind in the next two decades .

OJEEMAH:
All these assumptions will not erase facts. Whether past or present glory, World cup is ranked above all other competitions.

By your logic, champions league is also not a level playing ground. There are good players that will never win champions league cos of the clubs they represent.

If Henry didn’t join Barcelona, he would never have won UCL.

De Lima played for all the top clubs but he never won UCL.

Ibrahimovic never won UCL despite playing for Ajax, Juve, Inter, Barcelona, Milan & Man United.

Harry Kane is currently dreaming of UCL cos he’s currently playing for one of the favorites.

I can go on and on.

The difference is that , if u are a very good player and wanna win the champions league...all u need to do is go to a big club and u will win it...

Henry is an example as u stated... imagine if club football was like country where by ur first professional club will be the only club u can ever play for ... Henry , Ronaldo , Shevchenko lewandowski, halaand, salah ,Neymar would not have won the champions league... so it simply states that the world cup is not a fair competition... the only reason it was regarded as number one is because it was the first tournament that gave an opportunity for all players from different continents and countries to play as one ... now , the champions league is doing the same ... same players that play in the champions league play in the world cup ...
If Messi wasn't Argentine, he would not have won it , if De Lima wasn't Brazilian, he would not have won it.... if Ronaldo represented the top national teams in Europe like France Spain Germany itaky , he would have won it as well ... during peles time , not all good players played in Europe and again the CL wasn't what it is now

Messi ought to have won like 10 or 12 ballon Dors sef, if it were based solely on how all round, excellent and skillful a player is. If not coz of goals statistics that tapnaldo had tru tapins and penalties and dubious offsides and dubious penalty claims, he for no win more than one.



How will someone look and watch vintage Messi in 2009 to 2014/15 season and still think he can be compared to any footballer? Tapnaldo and crew are just chasing shadows forcing a comparison with Messi.


Since Messi left Barca, he has won ballon dors oo. More than one. To those shouting he cannot win outside Barca. Tapnaldo left Madrid, he stopped winning ballon dor.