the race for the 2013 most coveted individual price in football has never been more divided in opinions than what we have now. CR7,Ribery and of course Messi have been shortlisted..for me a footballing award where club coaches are not allowed to cast their votes leave much to be desired! I believe the voting partens for this presitigious price should be reviewed. a case where an Arsene Wenger cant vote yet the coaches of Thaiti and Faroe Island can decide the highest price in football is for me, nothing to write home about. FIFA should review these voting delegates!

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Na me deserve am . Lol

For me Ribery of-course

C. Ronaldo surely deserves it for his exploits. He helped Portugal qualify for the WC in the presence of Ibra.
In fact, he has won it.

So far it is an INDIVIDUAL award then it should be ronaldo..

I am already getting tired of all this ballon d'or threads when it is obvious we already know the winner.

Samuel etoo.

ribery will have it,while mikel will get the africa de 'or

Lionel Mess I got injured for two months.. So it's over for him. He can't win it this year.. Ronaldo used those two months to close the gap Lionel Mess I gave him.. While Ribery has had a fantastic year. Winning the League, Champions league, Club world cup and winning the best player in Europe award. I don't think he's gonna win it even though he deserves it.. The world won't give it to him as long as Ronaldo and Messi remain alive..
So, due to that... The award will go to Ronaldo. he has scored 64 goals this year.. 24 more than Lionel Messi.

I dont understand how ribery should be even considered a candidate for ballon d'or....even zlatan was better than him...i thought the ballon d'or was an individual award

psalmdave: I dont understand how ribery should be even considered a candidate for ballon d'or....even zlatan was better than him...i thought the ballon d'or was an individual award

Ribery did a lot last year.. He deserves the award

Toluwarni:
Ribery did a lot last year.. He deserves the award

His team did a lot....Robben even worked harder than ribery,Nominating ribery shows the poor performance of players recently in football....Ribery is a good player but its an insult to mention him in the same breath as messi and ronaldo...

Una no dey tire 4 this matter Na wa o

Ribery doesn't deserve the award. It's an individual award & not a team award.
Even Maradona said that C. Ronaldo deserves it.
In fact, he has won it already.

catchfireguru: Ribery doesn't deserve the award. It's an individual award & not a team award.
Even Maradona said that C. Ronaldo deserves it.
In fact, he has won it already.

According to ben hayward whether the ballon d'or is given to him or not,cristiano ronaldo is the best player on the planet presently