Despite his dominance of the award alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, the Argentine has dropped down the list and finished outside the top three.

Lionel Messi has failed to make the top three of the Ballon d'Or for the first time since 2007, finishing fifth in this year's final vote.

Luka Modric is being tipped to become the first player not named Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the award since Kaka beat the pair to it 11 years ago.
Messi and Ronaldo have each won the Ballon d'Or five times, and while the Portuguese star once again looks likely to make the podium thanks to another Champions League crown with Real Madrid, the Argentine hero has dropped much further down the list.

France's World Cup heroes Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe appear to have collected enough votes to overtake the Barcelona icon, who won La Liga and the Copa del Rey in 2018 but was unable to make an impact in the Champions League or the international showpiece in Russia.

The Catalan side crashed out of the European competition at the quarter-final stage, while Argentina were knocked out of the World Cup by an Mbappe-led France in the second round.

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/messi-finishes-fifth-in-ballon-dor-chart/1o3pz624at7q61t2hooe8jf0dc?fbclid=IwAR3MfDY9QQtH85dNwVJE89ufZ1gzfVynJg0ou-RLDnR6MavhZzAyEZhimkI

This better be Ronaldo's.

When he has had a 2nd best calendar year in his career, They are all Jokers... We fans know the two best players in the world for the past ten years and Prolly the next ten years

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Eyahhh

G.O.A.T.. He would surely bounce back like a wounded Lion


Messi and Ronaldo ain't done yet

PrickGetSizè:
I never wanted Messi or Ronaldo to win it this year. It's time other younger players took over.

Na Modric con be younger player

I never wanted Messi or Ronaldo to win it this year. It's time other younger players took over.

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Anything that has beginning must surely have an end

tstx:
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that's motivation to him....it will make him play better to get to the top...Messi is not a title driven player

d herbalist wey do jazz for modric is super hot

The messians and the barcalonians now...lol

lol messi no get time for awards o

he's an entertainer

you know say body must sweet you when he's with the ball

tstx:
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Lol... Depression?

Is that how you got depressed easily?

For how many years will he keep being within 1st to 3rd? He has tried now, time to give way to the upcoming. So to me its not him suffering anything but time to hang the boot just like his predecessors!!

His era is coming to an end.
The hard truth is that they wanna use messi and Ronaldo to set history as players who both won balloon d' or each 5 times each. they won't win it again so as not to make any of them seem or appear better than the other due to the amount of time it has been won by both of them

PrickGetSize:
I never wanted Messi or Ronaldo to win it this year. It's time other younger players took over.

like rashford

He cant win it forever.

At any rate, just as Trump said, the system is rigged!

congrats to our newly crowned GOAT luka Modric, we knew u didn't deserve it

congrats to our newly crowned GOAT luka Modric, we knew u didn't deserve it

Messi should be second or third to be honest.
People saying Messi or Ronaldo should've won should take a glass of water and stop watching only highlights
Messi is the GOAT yes we agree but you don't flop in UCL and world cup and expect to win.
Ronaldo only shined towards the end of last season and didn't even shine till the end.
Modric won all individual awards this year both private, public, media house and social media not just France Football

Football have passed the era of only 2 players. Let other players have a chance. For 10 good years, it has always been Messi and Ronaldo. Are we not yet tired hearing those names?

Why won't he slide down in packing order
His godfather sepp blatter has been thrown out

:congrats luka olorunsogo modric

My best player of all time;

Andrea Pirlo

Forza Milan!

happykidArotiba:
like rashford

Rashford ko Rashfire ni. You didn't even say Mbappe.

MJBOLT:

trash award,lets see how many of them will out perform him when the season ends

Doofus is the award for this season or last season