The 2022 World Cup winner, Lionel Messi, mentioned four players who can compete for the upcoming Ballon d’Or.
According to Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior, and Lamine Yamal are the four best nominees who can compete for the Ballon d’Or, not only this year but in the years to come. The ‘La Pulga’ called the players exceptional and said that the last two are set to dominate the coming decade. Last year, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe were the two players who were competing with Lionel Messi for the Ballon d’Or, where the Argentine star won on the banks of his legendary FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar triumph and stints with PSG and Inter Miami.
The Qatar World Cup winner mentioned in an interview that the list of nominees will share a beautiful rivalry and that the era will be beautiful and enjoyable. The football lord and 8th time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi stated that: The players to compete for the Ballon d’Or in the coming years? There may be a very beautiful rivalry in the coming years with players like Haaland, Mbappe, Vinicius, and many young players competing for the Ballon d’Or. He also thinks that Lamine Yamal, who is still very young and now plays for Barcelona, will play a prominent role and fight for it in the future too.
He also added, Certainly there will be others competing for it; new players that we do not know will appear because there are always new players, and he thinks it will be a very beautiful era to enjoy.
