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Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Jellia(m): 5:00am On May 15, 2020
Balenciagaokey:
Andres Iniesta
Pirlo
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Thiery Henry
Samuel Etoo
Franck ribery
Arjen robben
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Buffon
Sneidjer
Xavi Hernandez
Francesco Totti


Beautiful observation


Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by ufuosman(m): 5:03am On May 15, 2020
Golan007:
Thierry Henry.
U Sabi watch ball

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Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by ufuosman(m): 5:05am On May 15, 2020
Henry
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Gentle0wavez: 6:11am On May 15, 2020
Zlatan ibrahimovic.
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by adadioranmah(f): 6:30am On May 15, 2020
Kante...... Most underrated player
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by geezville(m): 6:33am On May 15, 2020
Alanpoza007:

That was probably the worst Ballon D'Or award. Even if they wantex to give that award to an Italian at all cost, the likes of Pirlo and Buffon were there who were much better than the Cannavaro guy.

My thoughts exactly o!
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Jokerman(m): 6:34am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
Messi is everything outside Barcelona
Argentina is nothing without him!!

Are we not talking about the same Messi that won the Best player Golden balls in World youth , World cup, Olympic and Copa America??

He is the only one in history to achieve that!!;

The fact that he has a high budget Aiyegbeni as a Stirker in the National team, would not reduce his individual greatness!!!

Messi is the best ever...

It is time to stop hiding other players under Team trophies!!!

How many individual best awards have they won in all tournaments they have played??

Iniesta and Xavi are just like David Silva without Messi ... They are also lucky to play for a National team who has Barcelona and Real Madrid combined team as a National team...
Also have David Villa (who scored 5goals out of 9 goals scored by the team in the 2010 World cup)
Torres, Marco Senna, Xabi Alonso , Ramos, Casillas Capdevilla etc!!

Stop overhyping Xavi and Iniesta

They were only able to make Ballon d'or top 3 once!!!

Stop hiding them under team Trophies in order to ridicule the best individual player in history (Lionel Messi)!!!

Lol.... Pele won best player under 17, World cup and Copa America.
Maradona won best player under 17, world cup and Copa America
Zidane won WC best player, and euros best player

Stop your lies...

And yes I always tell people Modric is greater and better than Xavi and Iniesta grin
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Galapagous(m): 6:37am On May 15, 2020
Orestino:
Fikayo Tomori
CAPITAL TRASH
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by michoim(m): 6:40am On May 15, 2020
Andrew Iniesta
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Jokerman(m): 6:41am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
Stop hiding all those players under Team trophies!!!

How many Ballon d'ors have they won??

Pele even robbed Jarzinho in 1970 World cup Golden ball.. That is the only one he won!!

The remaining world cup was won by the whole team, not by him only... Infact he was injured in 1962 but Garrincha still win the trophy for Brazil..

Zizou was not great in the 98 World cup until the final..n Thuram was far better than him in the tournament!!!

Who else??

R9?? Remove R9 and put Lewandowski in that Brazil generation, he would win at least 2 World cup too!!

Stop hiding all these players under team Trophies!!

Tell me anyone of them who has been in the Ballon d'or Top5 for 14 consecutive seasons!!

I will wait!!!

Only Messi!!!

The golden ball Messi won in 2014, wasn't a robbery?
You are talking about Pele that supplied 4 assists in a world cup finals??
Tell us what Messi did to win the golden ball in 2014??
1. Was he the highest goal scorer
2. Was he the top assister
3. Did he score the best goal??
4. Was he in the team of the tournament??
5. Did he have the highest ratings??
6. Did blatter admit his error of giving Messi??


And Ronaldo has been consistent in all list for close to 16 years now... Not only Messi
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by aylive02(m): 6:48am On May 15, 2020
kalvoken:



Take your time and check the topic again
arguing with you shows you know nothing about football. I'm ashamed to hear from you this guy deserved ballon d or. or do you mean African best?
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by davidvize(m): 6:56am On May 15, 2020
Ozil
Iniesta
Xavi
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Amsickindahead: 7:03am On May 15, 2020
Their are certain questions u don't ask..Messi da greatest of all time.. No debate
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by seanwilliam(m): 7:07am On May 15, 2020
Balenciagaokey:
Andres Iniesta
Pirlo
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Thiery Henry
Samuel Etoo
Franck ribery
Arjen robben
Frank Lampard
Steven Gerrard
Buffon
Sneidjer
Xavi Hernandez
Francesco Totti


that bolded really really worth am
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by manchester1: 7:27am On May 15, 2020
Obafemi Martins
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by m140(m): 7:46am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
Messi is everything outside Barcelona
Argentina is nothing without him!!

Are we not talking about the same Messi that won the Best player Golden balls in World youth , World cup, Olympic and Copa America??

He is the only one in history to achieve that!!;

The fact that he has a high budget Aiyegbeni as a Stirker in the National team, would not reduce his individual greatness!!!

Messi is the best ever...

It is time to stop hiding other players under Team trophies!!!

How many individual best awards have they won in all tournaments they have played??

Iniesta and Xavi are just like David Silva without Messi ... They are also lucky to play for a National team who has Barcelona and Real Madrid combined team as a National team...
Also have David Villa (who scored 5goals out of 9 goals scored by the team in the 2010 World cup)
Torres, Marco Senna, Xabi Alonso , Ramos, Casillas Capdevilla etc!!

Stop overhyping Xavi and Iniesta.

They were only able to make Ballon d'or top 3 once!!!

Stop hiding them under team Trophies in order to ridicule the best individual player in history (Lionel Messi)!!!
Individual award is won by vote, that's why he cant win copa, and wc . And you call him greatest. There is also a lots of record he doesn't have. Football body cant even name him the best player of the century, not his calibre that cant win nothing with national team. NIGERIA UNDER 17 AND 19 have been winning the trophy. Why why senior team no win am. Bros wc is not for small boy. Messi is nothing, cant even win ucl ,nations cup or wc without xavi ,iniesta but they did without him. Since national teams trophies ain't won by votes , the boy no fit win am. He is an insult to ballondior, 6 without nations cup means the award no hold water. We have seen cr7 ein trophies without Paul Scholes,with tony kroos and modric, you thought it's easy to win europa with that Portugal and uefa nations league. Bros go sit down. Since messi becomes senior player what did he win without barca , fiat without nations cup, well I guess you just started watching football not up to 15 years. Even cr7 is better and winning trophies with crap teams. If you say eder , is elder an Argentine. And he wasn't even a starter set and wasn't even the best in the tourney, ronaldinho, figo, zlatan,aimar, a lot of old players cant even call him the best ever, those in the goat status how many of the no win nations not to talk wc. Carry your messi matter go. Just come back here if he wins nations and world cup.... cr7 is better than him with different teams by far

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Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Philadelphia: 7:50am On May 15, 2020
Rahhidi Yekini
Pele
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by ifeanyidavid: 8:02am On May 15, 2020
Franck ribery
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Amozever12: 8:18am On May 15, 2020
Wesley Sneijder, that guy was roobed that year
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Wasky101: 8:22am On May 15, 2020
kalvoken:
J J Okocha





Atleast you know him. Now does he know you?

You don't need to answer that.
Lol from playing at Bolton. Kanu more likely.
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by OkpanachiMax: 8:26am On May 15, 2020
Exc2000:


no doubt he was legendary, just debunking jarus claim you cant score goals alone as a striker to clinch world best.. Zlatan was only unfortunate being a Swedish with average team who don't go far in tournament but he deserves a ballon d'or

Politics is always a dirty game
It is the same in football too
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by otunbaloja(m): 8:30am On May 15, 2020
Iniesta
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by EMboz(m): 8:41am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
2010 version of Varane undecided
Your blind love for Messi nor go allow you talk truth..
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by EMboz(m): 8:46am On May 15, 2020
arthorjnr:


I have learnt to ignore the sneijder thing.
When they bring it up, I always ask about Ribery 2013.
and you also forget to ask about Modric 2018??
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by OluAKGBGN(m): 8:58am On May 15, 2020
Wesley sneider in year 2010.
Robert Lewandowski upon all the goals he has been scoring.
Roberto Carlos.
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by GoshenNLA(m): 9:05am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
All of them split the vote!!! They were revelation of the year.. They were meant to compete with Messi but Messi beat them narrowly!!

Levels!!!
Baba, na scam for Sneijder dat year, forget Messi for dat year biko
All those u mentioned even did better than Messi
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Onlyonebuhari: 9:09am On May 15, 2020
Schneider robbed in 2010
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by oscarsam(m): 9:46am On May 15, 2020
Alanpoza007:

What of Robben/Ribery in 2013.. Weren't they robbed in place of Ronaldo?

yeah Sure. But OP said we should mention one which I did
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Lica2baby(f): 10:18am On May 15, 2020
Thierry Henry
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Pandev(m): 10:34am On May 15, 2020
iamademola:
Goran pandev tongue
na so grin

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Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by m140(m): 10:34am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
Messi is everything outside Barcelona
Argentina is nothing without him!!

Are we not talking about the same Messi that won the Best player Golden balls in World youth , World cup, Olympic and Copa America??

He is the only one in history to achieve that!!;

The fact that he has a high budget Aiyegbeni as a Stirker in the National team, would not reduce his individual greatness!!!

Messi is the best ever...

It is time to stop hiding other players under Team trophies!!!

How many individual best awards have they won in all tournaments they have played??

Iniesta and Xavi are just like David Silva without Messi ... They are also lucky to play for a National team who has Barcelona and Real Madrid combined team as a National team...
Also have David Villa (who scored 5goals out of 9 goals scored by the team in the 2010 World cup)
Torres, Marco Senna, Xabi Alonso , Ramos, Casillas Capdevilla etc!!

Stop overhyping Xavi and Iniesta.

They were only able to make Ballon d'or top 3 once!!!

Stop hiding them under team Trophies in order to ridicule the best individual player in history (Lionel Messi)!!!
Argentina will return to glory days without him....
Re: Who Was The Best Player That Never Won The Ballon d'Or Award? by Beverlyjean(f): 10:47am On May 15, 2020
eni4real:
Got carried by Eto'o and Milito in Inter Milan
Was in the shadow of Forlan, Xavi , Iniesta and David Villa in the the World Cup!!

Schneider was good tho but Messi was better!!
He should share the Ballon d'or with Modric!!!


U Messi fans are so bitter like the Democrats... U love to pull others down because of Messi and that's y Ronaldo fans will never agree with u guys... Just imagine the nonsense u typed , that he was carried by milito and etoo just to justify y Messi that was disgraced by Germany 4.0 in the same world cup deserved it... Messi that cudnt score one goal in 2010 world cup ... Sneider carried Holland to the final scoring 5 goals...his 2 goals against Brazil in the quarter final was effective... He scored the goal that eliminated barca and Messi in the semi final that same yr... U Messi fans are bitter witches

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