Lionel Messi said on Monday he would swap all his individual awards including four Ballon d’Or trophies for a single World Cup win.
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“I want to thank everyone who voted for me and I want to thank my team-mates – without them none of this would be possible”.
“It’s incredible that it’s my fifth. We each have individual personalities and we have both very good things that everybody should have as footballers”. “Thank you”, he continued.
The women’s prize was won by American Carli Lloyd, the first female to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. Do not cut, copy or lift any content from this website without our consent.
Argentine’s first contract with Barcelona was detailed out on a paper napkin as Barcelona sporting director Carles Rexach was so impressed with Messi’s skills that he wanted to make a contract immediately.
Guardiola was also on the shortlist Monday against his former teammate Luis Enrique.
The ESPN FC team debate if Lionel Messi is a lock to win the Ballon d’Or for his fifth time.
Neymar has been touted to one day win the award ever since he was just a teenager plying his trade in Santos; it could finally be time for the Brazilian revolution to start once again as many Brazilian legends have claimed the award in the past decade.
As for some of the other ballots that stood out: USA men’s national team manager Jurgen Klinsmann (who left Ronaldo and Messi off his 2014 ballot entirely in favor of Franck Ribery, Gareth Bale and Radamel Falcao) selected Messi-Neymar-Ronaldo on his ballot, while US captain Michael Bradley voted for Messi-Ronaldo-Suarez.
Barcelona won five trophies during 2015, which included La Liga, the Champions League, the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup.
Played only a bit-part role at the 2006 World Cup.
“Obviously it is not surprising to me that Leo might have better chance”, he said. Messi, who scored four goals at the finals, won the Golden Ball award for the tournament’s best player.
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In the category for world coach of the year for women’s football, England boss Mark Sampson was beaten to the award by United States counterpart Jill Ellis.
