Lionel Messi once stated that he wanted to share his Ballon d'Or trophy with his Barcelona teammate Xavi. The comments were made after the Argentinean won the coveted prize in 2011. La Pulga was ...

Zidane claimed that the recipient of the 2010 Ballon d'Or should've been someone other than eventual claimant, Lionel Messi. Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Thierry Henry & Paolo Maldini all feature as the ...

not Messi, was more deserving of the prestigious award The Argentina superstar was named the Ballon d'Or winner in 2010, beating off competition from Andres Iniesta and Xavi Zinedine Zidane once ...

Back in 2007, Ronaldo and Messi finished runners-up to AC Milan’s Kaka in both the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World ... Whereas Messi’s teammate, Xavi said: “Messi is the best player in ...

Lionel Messi’s secretive plans for his time after Inter Miami have come to light.  The ongoing conversation about Messi’s ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic picks Lionel Messi in dream XI of ex-teammates, image of full line-up leaks online with Barcelona legend missing out ...

Gerard Pique has revealed if any of Barcelona's current players would make it into the sextuple-winning team in 2009, managed ...

But it is foolish to compare him to Messi, because there will only be one. He's unique, just like there will only be one Xavi ... 10 from the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner in the near future.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's dream XI was leaked and it included himself and Lionel Messi among other big names. The former Sweden striker retired from football in June 2023 and took up as a role as senior ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has picked out the player who reminds him of Real Madrid and France legend Zinedine Zidane. Ronaldo, 39, ...

Barcelona became the first team to have three academy graduates share a Ballon d'Or podium with Andrés Iniesta (left) Lionel Messi (middle) and Xavi Hernández (right). / IMAGO/ActionPlus The kit ...

Spearheaded by Lionel Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Thierry Henry and a plethora of other legends of the game, Barcelona were almost unanimously considered to be the best team in the world. When asked if ...