Patrice Evra admits he is 'sick' of seeing Lionel Messi winning the Ballon d'Or and that there are more deserving candidates to win the award this year.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward is favourite to win the award again next month, having finally guided his Argentina side to success in the Copa America this summer for the first time in 28 years.
The 34-year-old is the current holder of the award from back in 2019 with last year's event cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite an underwhelming final season with Barcelona last term before the expiry of his contract led to his summer switch to PSG, Messi could now be set for a seventh Ballon d'Or win having already collected a record six.
But Evra believes another Messi win would be an injustice and the Manchester United star has instead tipped Chelsea stars N'Golo Kante and Jorginho as better options to pick up the prestigious crown next month at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Both proved instrumental in the Blues surprise run to the Champions League final before the Blues then saw off Premier League champions Manchester City 1-0 under Thomas Tuchel, with Kante putting in a Man of the Match performance, while Jorginho also triumphed with Italy at Euro 2020.
'In my opinion this Ballon d'Or is for Kante or Jorginho... I'm sick of giving it to Messi,' Evra said.
'What did he win last year? Okay, the Copa America. With Barcelona what did he do?'
Although Barca faltered badly in LaLiga last term to finish third and exited the Champions League at in the last-16 Messi did at least guide his team to Copa del Rey success.
Having joined PSG as a result of Barca's financial difficulties in being unable to offer him a new deal, his new manager Mauricio Pochettino has tipped one of his latest recruits and compatriots to retain his award.
'The Ballon d'Or should go to Messi without any doubt, Pochettino said.
'And if I didn't coach Messi, I would still say Messi. I answer with my heart. I always say what I feel. On the podium with him would have to be (Robert) Lewandowski and Cristiano [Ronaldo].'
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They say Ronaldo is the greatest player in international football but couldn't reach the world cup final. They say Euro is more difficult but they couldn't defeat South American teams in world cup and confederations cup. They say Ronaldo get more Ballon dor points but points doesn't matter number of ballondors matter. They say Ronaldo scored this number of goals in La Liga in nine years but Messi won more La Liga top scorer awards in those nine years (Messi 5-3 Ronaldo) They say Ronaldo won two major trophies with Portugal but nations league is not a major trophy actually like euro or copa. Messi has reached FIFA World Cup finalHe has won Olympics gold,u-20 world cup and Copa America.Messi has reached Copa America final multiple times. They say Ronaldo perform better with the national team in tournaments but he couldn't win best player award in any major tournament.Messi has won 2014 fifa world cup golden ball,2015 and 2021 Copa America golden ball.Messi has also won 2021 Copa America top scorer award๐ They say Ronaldo played as a midfielder in his younger days but they never say Messi plays as a deep lying Attacking midfielder or winger.all the time. They say Ronaldo is the number one goal scorer in club football but Messi has more number of European golden shoes and only one less number of Ucl top scorer award than Ronaldo. Don't compare a goalscorer with a Complete player
kramo23
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destiny can not be changed
satyaballa
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he's sick even before messi win ballon d or .. then seems like he will die when he will win 7th ballon d or..๐๐
Longlife2000
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๐ฃ๏ธ Kylian Mbappe: "Benzema Ballon dโOr? I love Karim but if we are looking at the year as a whole, then it would be hard to argue against Leo Messi winning it." ๐ โ๏ธ
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