Robert Lewandowski feels that Lionel Messi is in pole place to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or after guiding Argentina to their third World Cup title.
- Messi received the 2022 World Cup
- Lewandowski backs Messi to get eighth Ballon d’Or
- Would like to play alongside Messi
WHAT HAPPENED? The Argentine skipper received 5 man-of-the-match awards in seven appearances and completed the Qatar match with seven targets and three assists, together with a brace within the closing on the best way to a penalty shootout victory over France. Messi wasn’t nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, however after lifting the World Cup for the primary time, Lewandowski is assured that the Paris Saint-Germain famous person will declare a record-extending eighth award.
WHAT THEY SAID: “There’s possibly yet one more participant who performs for a similar membership [Kylian Mbappe] however there is just one World Cup that decides who’s going to win it this season and Leo is now within the high place for certain due to what he has achieved which suggests every thing to him. He now can take pleasure in it,” The Barcelona frontman mentioned to Mundo Deportivo.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Messi has usually been linked with a return to Barcelona over the previous few months and Lewandowski has not hidden his pleasure on the prospect of taking part in alongside the World Cup winner. He added: “It is less than me. In fact, we see that now he performs extra like a ‘playmaker’, maybe he scores fewer targets and offers extra passes to his teammates though he continues to attain them. However in comparison with different occasions, he’s now the footballer that any striker would dream of taking part in alongside him.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR LEWANDOWSKI & MESSI? The Barcelona ahead will get again to motion on December 31 towards Espanyol, whereas Messi just isn’t anticipated to function for PSG once more till a Ligue 1 conflict with Lens on January 2 as he’s but to renew coaching after Argentina’s World Cup triumph.