Journalists just like to give him ballon d’or, even though 5 of his weren’t deserved (Xavi, Neymar/Ronaldo, VVD, Lewandowski, Haaland), for the sake of enhancing the lens of “good old time” football.
This fascination of “talented” players and “fancy” narratives really ruined football. For example, take a look on how many people will take Neymar over De Bruyne, or Ronaldinho over Lewandowski at all time rankings.
Pure delusion, i know. Now because no one is the face of the “talented” players or “fancy” narratives, they have to make some fugazy case for Messi to win it, and also to smear Ronaldo’s face in football history, because you know, the history of football in the early 21st century is basically Ronaldo vs Messi, right?
Believe me, if Ronaldo had stopped being world’s top 10 player in terms of quality every year post-Madrid, they’d stop giving messi the ballon d’or.
Charlie Adam goal against Chelsea. I think every football fans know that
Or macheda against Aston Villa