Yaya Toure names player that should have won Ballon D’ Or ahead of Messi

Manchester City legend, Yaya Toure, has named Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane as the player that should have won the 2019 Ballon D’Or ahead of Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi.

DAILY POST had reported that Mane finished in fourth behind Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 27-year-old has enjoyed a fine 2019, scoring 54 goals for club and country last season, as he helped Jurgen Klopp’s men to win the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League.

Mane also led Senegal to second place at AFCON and Toure insists the forward would have landed the award ahead of Messi, adding that it was a ‘shame’ for him not to win the top individual prize.

“To be honest, he [Sadio Mane] deserved to win the Ballon d’Or first,” Toure said while speaking in Doha at the Club World Cup as a guest of FIFA.

“In Africa, we don’t see any better players than him.

“Did you see the votes? Did you see what he did in the last year, how many goals he scored, what he achieved with Liverpool?

“For me it is a shame when a team wins this trophy [the Champions League] and the winner of the Ballon d’Or is not coming from there.”

https://ebeanonews..com/2019/12/yaya-toure-names-player-that-should.html?m=1

we don hear u, thanks

Messi is a worthy winner and if Mane has won it, he would have been a worthy winner also.

Defending a fellow African. Good though.

Ok

yaya has said all ....truth ” it's a shame when a team wins this trophy [the Champions League] and the winner of the Ballon d’Or is not coming from there.”

Oga Toure, blame the British media that chose to market Van Dirk rather than your Mane against Messi...

It is not an African problem.

It is a BBC media problem.. Always overhyping players in their league ahead of other players..

Remember they almost did this with Jamie Vardy before Bayern Munich shot them down with Lewandowski statistics.

cassidy1996:
yaya has said all ....truth ” it's a shame when a team wins this trophy [the Champions League] and the winner of the Ballon d’Or is not coming from there.”

Is winning the champions league a yardstick?

Oga go sit down... If you are good you are good... George Weah won it because he was exceptional good

chibaby1985:
Yaya Toure names player that should have won Ballon D’ Or ahead of Messi

Manchester City legend, Yaya Toure, has named Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane as the player that should have won the 2019 Ballon D’Or ahead of Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi.

DAILY POST had reported that Mane finished in fourth behind Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 27-year-old has enjoyed a fine 2019, scoring 54 goals for club and country last season, as he helped Jurgen Klopp’s men to win the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League.

Mane also led Senegal to second place at AFCON and Toure insists the forward would have landed the award ahead of Messi, adding that it was a ‘shame’ for him not to win the top individual prize.

“To be honest, he [Sadio Mane] deserved to win the Ballon d’Or first,” Toure said while speaking in Doha at the Club World Cup as a guest of FIFA.

“In Africa, we don’t see any better players than him.

“Did you see the votes? Did you see what he did in the last year, how many goals he scored, what he achieved with Liverpool?

“For me it is a shame when a team wins this trophy [the Champions League] and the winner of the Ballon d’Or is not coming from there.”

https://ebeanonews..com/2019/12/yaya-toure-names-player-that-should.html?m=1

chibaby1985:
Is winning the champions league a yardstick?

Ask am oooo

megawealth01:
Ask am oooo

What yardstick did they use in awarding mercy the ballon d'Or

Na dz Mumu guy una deh take serious Why didn’t he say such wen mikel won d champions league and afcon but was denied apoty award

peterd53:
Na dz Mumu guy una deh take serious Why didn’t he say such wen mikel won d champions league and afcon but was denied apoty award

It was the same mercy that was awarded that same year