EIGHT BALLON D’OR FOR LIONEL MESSI!

Although Haaland and Mbappe show promise as potential future icons in world football, it is Messi, the undisputed GOAT who proves he’s still at the pinnacle by clinching his eighth Ballon d’Or triumph!

Lionel Messi has broken four record:

• Oldest player to win the Ballon d’Or.

• First player outside of Europe to win the Ballon d’Or.

• First player to win the Ballon d’Or with 3 clubs.

• First to ever win 8 Ballon d’Or.