In last 5 years they have only 3 trophies to show where Barcelona won 3 league, 2 Champions, 4 Super cup and few other trophies as well.
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This is the first Ballon d’Or nomination for Neymar, who had a superb year scoring 39 goals and adding 15 assists.
However, Barcelona are acutely aware of how much interest in going into their elite talents – namely the incomparable Neymar – but Jose Enrique has a few players in mind to pursue such as Ander Herrera should he be forced to part ways with the Ballon d’Or nominee.
Messi and Neymar, however, would rather Barcelona be assured of boasting the best player of the year.
“If I could bet, it would be on Neymar, for everything that he is doing”, Ronaldo said. The duo felt that team-mate Luis Suarez should have survived the cull, when 23 players nominated by world football governing body Fifa and France Football magazine were whittled down to three on Monday. “He has three more years at Barca, so there’s no need for urgency. I know Suarez is missing and I was waiting for his name to be called but as for me, this is one of the happiest days of my life”, Neymar said.
While FC Barcelona’s Argentine Messi has won the award for a record four times between 2009 and 2012.
While FC Barcelona has two of the three Ballon d’Or finalists that were announced on the shortlist earlier this week, the La Liga giants could lose them due to money troubles. He is aiming to win the world’s best player contest for the fourth time, following previous successes in 2008, 2013 and 2014.
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He was also selected as the league’s top player following a computer analysis of the players’ statistics in the championship. Messi’s accomplishments make him the favorite to win the award, according to Guillem Balague.
