OhBritannia:
Who are the they that you are referring to?

Did anyone tell you they just handed the award to him just like that?

This isn't Grammy or Oscar or headies or Emmy awards that can be bought.

Before you asked what did Lionel Messi do.
Go to the Instagram pages of all the 107 captains that voted for Lionel Messi including Salah, mbappe, modric, Valverde and the rest.

Just so you know, only 64 captains voted for halland.

Don't blame fifa or blame Lionel Messi, go and ask the captains and coaches that voted for Lionel Messi.

Just pray that he doesn't win Copa America by August and if halland and mbappe fails to win the European nations cup and uefa champions league then you will continue to ask this same question next year.

U guys should stop clowing this award ...so if he wins copa , he deserves it ?? Copa is now better than the Euros or AFCON ?? Abeg Stop clowing urself here

Beverlyjean:
Can someone tell me what Messi did in 2023... this has vindicated those that have been saying some of his awards are undeserving... or they decided to give him for what he did 2 yrs ago... but the Argentine coach wasn't nominated for coach of the year , if its about the world cup

You can continue wailing since you don't understand that the award was voted for by national team captains, coaches, journalists and fans. If you feel that Messi did not deserve them why was mbappe doing in 3rd position of not because of the world cup euphoria!
Please someone bring a bucket for penaldo to start donating tears as usual.

Their oga don drop motivational quote on IG

obonujoker:
See Ojeemah supporting corruption 😂😂😂🤣

I'm still wanting for these guys too...😂

Theirryjay
Almiron
Numerouno94
And other uefalona fans

So why didn't Martinez win best goal keeper, but Ederson of man city won it...

ThierryJay actually dint support the award going to Messi... at least that one has seen that it's undeserving...but look at what ojeemah is saying ...reason we say most Messi fans are delusional or outrightly liars

Patosky4U:


You can continue wailing since you don't understand that the award was voted for by national team captains, coaches, journalists and fans. If you feel that Messi did not deserve them why was mappe doing in 3rd position of not because of the world cup euphoria!
Please someone bring a bucket for penaldo to start donating tears as usual.

Their oga don drop motivational quote on IG

Mbappe has been hot ...he is recognised in 2orld football... pls tell me why Messi won it ...

DesChyko:


Well, I just gave you the document guiding this award's criteria and the World Cup year wasn't inclusive of the dates marked out for this award.

My remark on the non-existent standby FIFA Calendar is that the dates given for Men's POTY 2022 is 8/1/2021 to 12/18/2022 (15 months +). For Men's POTY 2023 is 12/19/2022 to 8/20/2023 (exactly 8 months). The disparity nullifies anything about a regularised calendar claim in this case.

That being said, the World Cup edition was strictly 2022. Instead of trying to make sense of the obvious gaffe, It makes more sense rather, to blame the participants, who probably didn't understand or bother with the rules anyway 🫤

You are correct💯 I didn’t even know 19th December was clearly written on that document. My apologies.

This document shows Messi is not a worthy recipient. Therefore, the award should be withdrawn and given to Haaland with immediate effect.

OJEEMAH:
World Cup ended on the 18th of Dec 2022. If they had played World Cup during the summer, it would have been different but new FIFA calendar starts in December every year.

The coaches and captains that voted know this

So , why was Scolani and martinez not nominated

Beverlyjean:


U see ur bias ... who 4kin cares about inter miami that finished almost bottom of the table ... since when did American league become a criteria ....so u wanna compare premiership with that dead ligue1 ... even Napoli winning serie A is way more prestigious.... halaand won pfa ...Messi dintvwin best player in France

Apologies for my initial comment. I didn’t even know 19th December was clearly written on that document.

Happy New Year

ThierryJay:


Personally, I did not expect Messi to win it. Obviously the World cup win still somehow had a major role to play and that blame rests on FIFA.

FIFA putting the voting commencement period in December must have confused several voters that the World cup was still a factor. Many of these footballers are not as arithmetically accurate as some of we fans and the WC sentiments played in. Voting period should have been clearly stated as Jan - Dec 2023.

This is the only Messi award that I'd clearly say another player deserves which is Haaland. I'm sure even Messi did not expect it and that may have influenced his absence.

Like I said the joke is on FIFA and doesn't take anything away from Messi's previous successes. Messi is the GOAT but he wasnt the best player of 2023.

Samehere!

The date confused me too!

Imagine what it would have done to eligible voters

OJEEMAH:
You are correct💯 I didn’t even know 19th December was clearly written on that document. My apologies.

This document shows Messi is not a worthy recipient. Therefore, the award should be withdrawn and given to Haaland with immediate effect.

Finally...u are saying the truth....respect👍

OJEEMAH:
Messi was voted by coaches, players, Journalists and fans.

You don’t know better than all these people.

Plus there are criteria(s) for this every award. If Messi does not meet those criteria(s), he will not even be nominated.

Nobody cried or criticized FIFA in 2018 when Messi had the best individual stats….yet Messi did not even make top 3 that year.

he had the same point with haaland, but they chose to create a rule that made him win even when he isn't among the best last year. They could have used any other criteria to select the best among the 2 but they chose captain instead. Like captains know the better player like coaches do.

Beverlyjean:


Mbappe has been hot ...he is recognised in 2orld football... pls tell me why Messi won it ...

Madam all of you can go to the page of national team captains, coaches, fans and media and wail. It only when Messi won an award that the award become meaningless, corrupt or not worthy
Next year you guys will still wail because after Copa America we will still steal another one

OJEEMAH:
Samehere!

The date confused me too!

Imagine what it would have done to eligible voters

Absolutely. I remember a lot of people here did not have clarity on the voting rules when the award opened and I even had to go and read through the Fifa brief to understand the criteria. Did they think many of those football captains have that patience?

They should have kept it simple.

tuzle:
he had the same point with haaland, but they chose to create a rule that made him win even when he isn't among the best last year. They could have used any other criteria to select the best among the 2 but they chose captain instead. Like captains know the better player like coaches do.

See how low you bring yourself in a public forum saying they choose to bring a law to make Messi win. Ask yourself this simple question. Was the law created this year to benefit Messi? Or after a transparent democratic vote and a winner is chosen then FIFA will say because of some little penaldu we should not award the rightful winner

Untill we get to 10 awards before we allow any player touch that award again. So be ready to cry blood because as e dey pain Una e dey sweet us

Patosky4U:


See how low you bring yourself in a public forum saying they choose to bring a law to make Messi win. Ask yourself this simple question. Was the law created this year to benefit Messi? Or after a transparent democratic vote and a winner is chosen then FIFA will say because of some little penaldu we should not award the rightful winner

Untill we get to 10 awards before we allow any player touch that award again. So be ready to cry blood because as e dey pain Una e dey sweet us

there has never been a tie, so the rule was obviously created this year. Be sincere with urself as a Messi fan, what did he do last year to win it? Just tell me one thing he did better than haaland or even mbappe or even rodri self that made him win it?

obonujoker:
See Ojeemah supporting corruption 😂😂😂🤣

I'm still wanting for these guys too...😂

Theirryjay
Almiron
Numerouno94
And other uefalona fans

So why didn't Martinez win best goal keeper, but Ederson of man city won it...

Here's my message to all those Brainwashed,
crying Rigged, illiterate bandwagon fans,
here's some insights and facts for them.
(1) Firstly the insights- this award is vote
based i.e captains, coaches, media and
fans of national teams vote for it, and yeah
fans votes got Messi to a tie breaker with
Halland and Messi won it because of more
5-points (1st position votes) by national
team captains (as per the award rules
already existing). (2) Facts - captains of
all 7 national teams that Argentina faced
in the world cup- Saudi Arabia, Mexico,Poland, Australia, Netherlands, Croatia and
France -ALL OF THEM VOTED Messi as #1.
Yes, you heard it right Madristas - Modric
voted Messi as #1 (and so did Mbappe
Van Dyjk, Lewa and others). Btw, another
Madrista voted Messi as #1 - Federico
Valverde, were they paid by Fifa to rig the
awards? Saw some of the English fans
(and many Liverpool fans) getting hyped
up in some posts, here's one for you- Harry
Kane voted for Messi, so did Salah and
Andrew Robertson. So ask yourself before
mumbling "Rigged, Fifa paid, blah blah and
coming out sounding dumb, ask yourself-
How is this Messi's fault? My man Messi
voted for Halland as #1 and Mbappe as #2
btw above his team mate Julian Alavarez
(as number 3).
Yes, ofcourse the voting could have been
better and should have helped Halland win
it (as a Messi fan, im again saying this) but how is this rigged? So, once again all these
Messi haters who are shouting at Messi
fans on all these posts, they should shout
at Modric, Federico Valverde, Salah, Andy
Robertson, Mbappe, Harry Kane, Van Dyjk
and many other captains as well. Respect
and Peace!

If you are a messi supporter and you see nothing wrong with this just know that you are a sycophant.

Beverlyjean:
Can someone tell me what Messi did in 2023... this has vindicated those that have been saying some of his awards are undeserving... or they decided to give him for what he did 2 yrs ago... but the Argentine coach wasn't nominated for coach of the year , if its about the world cup

Here's my message to all those Brainwashed,
crying Rigged, illiterate bandwagon fans,
here's some insights and facts for them.
(1) Firstly the insights- this award is vote
based i.e captains, coaches, media and
fans of national teams vote for it, and yeah
fans votes got Messi to a tie breaker with
Halland and Messi won it because of more
5-points (1st position votes) by national
team captains (as per the award rules
already existing). (2) Facts - captains of
all 7 national teams that Argentina faced
in the world cup- Saudi Arabia, Mexico,Poland, Australia, Netherlands, Croatia and
France -ALL OF THEM VOTED Messi as #1.
Yes, you heard it right Madristas - Modric
voted Messi as #1 (and so did Mbappe
Van Dyjk, Lewa and others). Btw, another
Madrista voted Messi as #1 - Federico
Valverde, were they paid by Fifa to rig the
awards? Saw some of the English fans
(and many Liverpool fans) getting hyped
up in some posts, here's one for you- Harry
Kane voted for Messi, so did Salah and
Andrew Robertson. So ask yourself before
mumbling "Rigged, Fifa paid, blah blah and
coming out sounding dumb, ask yourself-
How is this Messi's fault? My man Messi
voted for Halland as #1 and Mbappe as #2
btw above his team mate Julian Alavarez
(as number 3).
Yes, ofcourse the voting could have been
better and should have helped Halland win
it (as a Messi fan, im again saying this) but how is this rigged? So, once again all these
Messi haters who are shouting at Messi
fans on all these posts, they should shout
at Modric, Federico Valverde, Salah, Andy
Robertson, Mbappe, Harry Kane, Van Dyjk
and many other captains as well. Respect
and Peace!

The Bandit 😂. It’s what we have always known and talked about. Someone that wasn’t even supposed to be amongst the nominees yet he was included and now they are telling us it was a tie before they judged him winner. 😂😂😂

ThierryJay:


Personally, I did not expect Messi to win it. Obviously the World cup win still somehow had a major role to play and that blame rests on FIFA.

FIFA putting the voting commencement period in December must have confused several voters that the World cup was still a factor. Many of these footballers are not as arithmetically accurate as some of we fans and the WC sentiments played in. Voting period should have been clearly stated as Jan - Dec 2023.

This is the only Messi award that I'd clearly say another player deserves which is Haaland. I'm sure even Messi did not expect it and that may have influenced his absence.

Like I said the joke is on FIFA and doesn't take anything away from Messi's previous successes. Messi is the GOAT but he wasnt the best player of 2023.

Oshe... mathematician... you think football is maths and the voters are dumb to not understand dates. Somehow, you think you are smarter than the voters....SMH

D real GOAT.

Beverlyjean:


Mbappe has been hot ...he is recognised in 2orld football... pls tell me why Messi won it ...

Errmm BJ, just to let you know that it's your fave team players that gave Messi the win.

There was a tie with Haaland, and whoever had the higher captains votes was used to select the winner. 13 captains voted for Messi while Haaland recorded 11 captain votes.

Well, the tie breakers were Modric, Valverde and Mbappe himself. So direct your queries to them

cc: obonujoker, Ojeemah, Real Madrid won this award for Messi

ThierryJay:


Absolutely. I remember a lot of people here did not have clarity on the voting rules when the award opened and I even had to go and read through the Fifa brief to understand the criteria. Did they think many of those football captains have that patience?

They should have kept it simple.

exactly!

I had no idea abt the voting rules.

FIFA goofed. The award should be withdrawn or cancelled.

This one is not fair to Haaland. This could have compensated him for losing Balon D’or to Messi.

ThierryJay:


Errmm BJ, just to let you know that it's your fave team players that gave Messi the win.

There was a tie with Haaland, and whoever had the higher captains votes was used to select the winner. 13 captains voted for Messi while Haaland recorded 11 captain votes.

Well, the tie breakers were Modric, Valverde and Mbappe himself. So direct your queries to them

cc: obonujoker, Ojeemah, Real Madrid won this award for Messi

😂😂😂😂

Happy New Year bro

DesChyko:
Interesting.

If Messi won FIFA The Best 2022 for his exploits at the World Cup 2022, for what reason did he win 2023, especially as Inter Miami weren't the best team, nor he the best performer out of the US in 2023 and the World Cup was not under the year in review.

This is ridiculous. It's probably a good thing all the three finalists including him boycotted the event.

Take it up with the captains eg Hary Kane and Mbappe that voted the Goat. Or keep wailing

OJEEMAH:
😂😂😂😂

Happy New Year bro

Happy new year my guy.

Abi shey they want Messi to kill himself ni for an award he didn't even want

Haaland should just go and wash his head African style cos it seems he is an award-repellent at the moment. This is the first time a favorite has been clearly usurped. Fifa should have extended the deadline like they did for Pendu in 2013 to force Haaland's win.

I don't understand why this news of Lionel Messi winning the fifa world best isn't on the front pages of nairaland.
This is currently the biggest news in sport right now.

Where is mynd44 seun Dominique

Lionel Messi is just the best football player of all time. Simple. The harder u deny that fact, the more painful it will be for u.


I don't understand d haaland hype. Man city has been performing well since he's not been playing. KDB and Rodri are d real MVP for man city. A fact all the coaches and captains know very well.


Real Madrid has also been performing well since tapnaldo exit. Barca has been struggling since messi exit. So where is the hatred for messi coming from? I don't just understand.

To add more salt to the injury of Scripted tapnaldo Fc, if messi wins Copa America again, he will likely win the next ballon dor...

Awards are subjective. Messi and Haaland were tied with 38 points so they used the votes of the national team captains as a tie breaker. It's Haaland for me but it's not Messi's fault that people love him. If Haaland stays humble and hungry, he will win many. Congrats to Messi.

OJEEMAH:
what did Martinez do with Aston Villa last season/year?

The award is not just because Messi won the World Cup.

World cup is not in the time under consideration. World cup was considered in the award last year, reason I accepted Messi winning ahead of Benzema. The award is by voting. It will always be subjective.

ThierryJay:


Happy new year my guy.

Abi shey they want Messi to kill himself ni for an award he didn't even want

Haaland should just go and wash his head African style cos it seems he is an award-repellent at the moment. This is the first time a favorite has been clearly usurped. Fifa should have extended the deadline like they did for Pendu in 2013 to force Haaland's win.

Haaland needs baba’s touch😂😂

The bolded should have been the perfect solution.