I’m so sick of seeing a billion posts and comments saying “messi didn’t deserve the trophy” or “messi robbed haaland”. Do people watch football or just look at stats? Ballon d’or is for best player, not goalscorer. And almost every player agreed to this saying messi deserves it over haaland.
The main problem is that they don’t have exact criteria for the nominees. Sometimes the player with most g/a wins it, sometimes the player with most trophies and sometimes the player with the best performances overall. And a few times they made their criteria fit messi, like in 2021 or 2015, when so many people wanted Lewa and Neymar to win.