mancwes78@alien.topBtoGeneral Discussion@soccer.forum•Has there ever been a Ballon d’Or winner, in a World Cup year, who didn’t participate in the World Cup that year?English
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11 months agoMessi was just a nostalgia vote this year. No way was he the best player in the world last year.
I don’t know. But the World Cup is a tiny percentage of the games. The Ballon d’or is an individual award. It’s not his fault he plays for a team that can’t qualify for the World Cup. Do we just say that the best player for the World Cup winners automatically get the Ballon d’or in future despite whether or not they are that good for the rest of the year? If the penalty shoot out had gone the other way would it have been Mbappe that got the Ballon d’or? 🤷♂️