Football fans have slammed the decision to award Barcelona midfielder Gavi the Kopa Trophy, claiming Jude Bellingham and Jamal Musiala were both more deserving winners.
The Kopa Trophy is given to the best under-21 player on the planet, and was awarded during the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night.
Gavi got the nod ahead of Real Madrid's Eduardo Camavinga, while Bayern Munich's Musiala finished third and Bellingham came fourth. Fans were having none of it, though, and made their thoughts clear on social media.
'Gavi winning that award ahead of Musiala and Bellingham is the joke of the century,' one supporter claimed on Twitter.
Another fan agreed, adding: 'Gavi winning France Football's Kopa Trophy over Musiala and Bellingham is something I can't even find words for.'
'Bellingham and Musiala got robbed by some cardio fanatic. What a sad state of affairs,' another fan wrote.
Musiala won the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich last term, and Bellingham starred in a Borussia Dortmund side that finished second in the table.
He has also established himself at international level for England, and looks almost certain to start for the Three Lions at the World Cup next month.
Meanwhile, Gavi ended last term trophyless with Barcelona, but the 18-year-old still pipped his rivals to the Kopa Trophy.
Some fans felt Bellingham had every right to feel aggrieved at being overlooked.
'You cannot name one thing that Gavi has over Jude Bellingham,' one fan stated.
'I genuinely haven’t seen Gavi do anything, Bellingham got robbed so hard,' another supporter wrote.
Bellingham was also in the running for the award last year, but finished second behind another Barcelona midfield, Pedri.
One fan suggested that there is an unfair bias towards Barcelona and their famed academy, La Masia.
'Bellingham has been robbed two years in a row, in what way shape or form is Gavi better than Jude Bellingham or Musiala, the golden boy is simply a PR award for La Masia graduates,' they wrote.
21Legacy
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Overated kid what was he even doing here 😭😭
❤️footballlover❤️
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Just one word, overrated 😂
melwalizwe123
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❤️footballlover❤️
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Very overrated. Everything about Barcelona is overrated. I can't believe Overrated Gavi actually won this award
Hajhy746
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All I can say is Hmmmm 🤔
pesaeklps
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Barca's Pedri and Gavi are the most overrated kids I've ever seen. If not, how is this overrated kid better than Musiala, Camavinga and Billing ham?
Buwceoruy
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where was canavinga when he was starring for Spanish national from last year team and helping barcelona to second position last , who heard of Bellingham before England press start promoting him in the transfer window, or did you think Gavi is a joke when Liverpool, bayern Munich, chelsea ,man city where running behind him before he renew with barcelona ,is Bellingham not there that time before England press started promoting him in the last transfer window, will just advice you losers to face the development toward the achievement of yourself, children and family and stop hypocrasing the success of an achiever for the sake of you hate barcelona or any achievers the comes out of the name barca that's how you all started with Messi even though you know he his the most complete football player of this type before you all Now raise your hand and accept he's the best , so stop the hate of a successful person especially if you heard is a barcelona player it's God that make the name barca great and fruits that come out of it, i believe you will all be happy if they said its Dele Alli that collected it you even hate Lewendowski that u love and cherish than yourself more than Messi now just because he joine barca, Pls barcelona hater don't go give yourself hypertension because of barca because good things will always come out of barca even in dark days it's God that do it that way (
FemiBalogun
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the last time gavi and pedri face musiala.... musiala played better and won the man of the match
D10S_LM10
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Gavi played for teams like Spain and Barca. These teams have intense competition for the position and 17 year old Gavi could still mark his place. Gavi was there performing and giving his all on field in a league like LaLiga but certainly there are doubts about him not being deserving candidate? Bellingham is lovely player and was definitely a competitor but why aren't people seeing the situation both of them played. Playing for Barca and Dortmund isn't same and also Gavi isn't attacking midfielder where he is expected to statpad. Musiala and Camavinga have great future too but they weren't given responsibilities like Gavi in their team which is also ignored. Ladies and Gentlemen, here's your Golden Boy! The Kopa Award stays at Barcelona proudly.
Aman1997
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Arjuo Will have whoop benz
check out the last few meetings fool, benzema scored even with araujo there
ruybcnrtuz
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All I can say is Hmmmm 🤔
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yeah yeah goals against bundesliga is very tough than spanish teams right. yeah Lewandowski struggled in bayern but it was easy scoring against spanish teams. wow... yeah yeah you dumb people compare a amf with mid fielder. how many defensive tackles does musiala have? how many interceptions? how many headers won? how many recovery??? you wont show those stats right? coz if u show those then every know gavi is better, so u just want to show only what musiala is better in than gavi. grow up and stop being one sided.