The battle to claim the Ballon d'Or remains wide open this year and Thierry Henry, who recently took over at Monaco, has revealed who he feels should take home the prize.
The former Barcelona forward said this: "It would be a travesty if a French player or Eden Hazard didn't win it." Henry wouldn't be drawn on any specific members of the France squad but obviously had no issue name dropping Hazard who he worked with whilst at Belgium.
Henry considers that Hazard was "by some distance" the best player at the World Cup. However he doesn't rule out a member of France's World Cup winning side being named the best player in the world. "Maybe we're biased, maybe, but it'd be very good for French football too."
However it appears Henry doesn't believe the man who won 'The Best', Luka Modric, nor Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi deserve to win this year.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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As a Chelsea fan I don't see Hazard winning it just yet, not until he secures champions league football. As I've said many times before. Ballon Dor is a champions league trophy for the best player of the champions league winning team...
Spiff 98
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Ballon d or is not based on just teams performance.. it is an indivusual award and should consider indivisual performance more than teams accomplishment.. I would have given the award to Ronaldo Varane or Leo.. France winning the wc is irrelevently influencing opinion of people..belgium played better than france.
abofeuy
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I deserve it but cristiano will win maybe
Kozcdpt
201
Ronaldo did great ,4goals world cup,highest goal scorer champion league, 7goals now standing at juve,and a goal now in champion league,5champion league trophies, he deserves it,modrich did well to have reached finals in world cup,but does not deserve the ballon dor,hazard is great but dose not deserves it either mbape great but he may have it years to come ,salah is prolific but Africans are always cheated,so its cr7
face44
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Leo deserves it and Cristiano Ronaldo will win it.
Singapore976396
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Tell Henry forget about all this. Think about his new club Monaco first. Or he will get the sack.
criticism
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Ronaldo deserves it but Modric will win it even tho hes been missing for 3 months
Hupacekru
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or did canavaro won champions league 2006 before winning it so my dear think about it because to me ballon d'or of world season should be judging by by world cup performance
Hupacekru
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did Ronaldo Delimma played any seasons before winning it 2002 and I answered no no no
uglyboy
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Ronaldo deserves it but Modric will win it
Nigerian123
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He was talking based on World Cup and I think hazard was the best in World Cup
Lataclp
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not a single player played extraordinary in world cup, so on the basic of wc u cannot choose award, u have to see at whole year performances...club level country level....