Ruben Amorim's side are in pole position for the deal and two observers have now backed him for amazing achievements in ...

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal could accomplish an incredible feat that even legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo never ...

Pep Guardiola believes Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta deserved to win the Ballon d’Or in their careersLionel Messi’s ...

Lamine Yamal is lighting up soccer at just 17, drawing comparisons to Messi and Ronaldo. Can he rewrite history by becoming ...

Back in 2011, Lionel Messi admitted he was "as surprised as anyone" when he won the Ballon d'Or ahead of his then-Barcelona teammates. The legendary Argentine led the Blaugrana to win La Liga and ...

Soccer legend Zinedine Zidane shared his belief on who should have claimed the 2010 Ballon d’Or, a year when Lionel Messi ...

The Liverpool winger was widely spoken about as a candidate for the individual award a few months ago, although that appeared ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi dominated football for two decades and in turn, had a stranglehold over the prestigious Ballon d’Or award in that time. The pair have won a combined 13 prizes ...

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes previously named one player who could potentially win the Ballon d'Or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Messi will forever be ...

Pep Guardiola once named Xavi and Andres Iniesta as two players who never won the Ballon d'Or because of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The two Spanish midfielders are often considered among ...

Between them, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo boast 13 Ballon d’Or crowns – Messi has eight while Ronaldo has five – which they won between 2008 and 2023, with just Luka Modric, in 2018 ...

Instead, Iniesta's Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi collected the second of his eight Ballon d'Or trophies that year. Messi was already considered the best in the world, then, by the time Gerrard ...