Balon D'or - Heading to the Premier League?

Of course. If not it only means that Bayern failed today and in the 2nd leg in denying Ronaldo another final and CL crown ( I am pretty sure that in the final they (and especially he) will win it again

Yeah, he's that good in this season and as you stated rightly the Ballon D'or is an award for the actual season/year and not the seasons before. I'll keep my fingers crossed

 

Ronaldo has been excellent since 2018 started to be honest. And Messi is... well, Messi.

Personally, still going for La Pulga at the moment. He is having a more demanding role with each passing season and is still coming up with the goods most of the time.

 

Obviously Salah has been amazing, it's rare that he doesn't score in a game now, sublime finishes & quality assists. But he has to win the Champions League to have a chance... Messi & Ronaldo are still considered better than him, they're bigger names who're playing brilliantly themselves, & only those 2 have won it since 2007 despite great seasons from several players. So it's clear what he's up against, he has to have a massive year to get it. The World Cup will also be big for the voting & Mo is gonna struggle to get far with Egypt but if he does that's another big feather in his cap. Hopefully he wins it but it's early days & he still has alot to do.

 

He will win the Pichichi in Spain and be on top of the assist providers list, and is Salah's only competition for the European Golden Shoe now - two goal deficit but two more league games remaining. For sure he is not hitting over 60 goals like he used to but considering he is having a deeper role now as well, I'd say Messi is definitely doing it game in game out too. At least that's what I have seen from watching him and Barca this season. The circus in the CL quarters put a real stain on them though that's for sure.

 

Salah should deffo have a shout but not as though Ronaldo and Messi aren't in with a shout as well.

Them winning it would also be based on fantastic performances also.

 

It depends on where the trophies go. If trophies were irrelevant, I'd be giving it to Messi. However the Champions League does have it's importance. If we just go by league, CL and domestic cups (plus the CWC for Real):

Salah - 43 goals + 13 assists
Messi - 39 goals + 18 assists contributing to 2 trophies won
Ronaldo - 41 goals + 8 assists (if you think the Super Cup and CWC are trophies then he's contributed to 2 trophies won as well)

For me, it's Messi. A CL win definitely gives it to Ronaldo (he's on course to break the scoring record again) and I think a CL win for Liverpool edges it for Salah.

 

Whoever wins the CL out of Ronaldo and Salah will see who wins it imo.

 

It's a bit annoying to me how overvalued the Champions League and World Cup are when these awards are being decided. If you look at how these players have actually performed on a game-by-game basis, I don't think Ronaldo should be winning it over Messi or Salah, but I suspect that's exactly what will happen.

 

Also, don't rule out Lewandowski sneaking into that top 3. He's got 39 goals this season and could still win a treble, which none of the others candidates can do.

 

Right now I'd say Salah deserves the Balon D'or, but there are still 8 months left of the year yet. Salah's form may be nowhere near as good as this season's next season.

 

Yeah, agree. I'd like it if he kept his form at the same level as this season for at least one more season too, might help give Manchester City a title challenger.

 

Fun fact: Ronaldo and Messi are now the only active players who have ever won a Ballon d'Or or FIFA WPOTY. Pretty ridiculous.

 

That's more like a depressing fact. Ronaldo in particular hasn't really deserved a couple of his.

 

I personally don't think he should have won the last two, but I would have just given them to Messi anyway.

 

Really?

Has Kaka retired?

 

Yeah a little while back.