Press reports: Lionel Messi is the 2021 Ballon d'Or winner
The Portuguese main television (RTB), affiliated with the Portuguese public broadcaster, revealed that Argentine star Lionel Messi is crowned with the Ballon d'Or 2021.
According to the same source, the Argentine player will win the Ballon d'Or award given by the French magazine "France Football" for the seventh time in his history. And (RTB) revealed that the player had already been informed this week by France Football magazine that he was the winner of the award this year, and had conducted the usual interview that takes place annually with the winner of the Ballon d'Or.
Lionel Messi won the Copa America with Argentina last season, a tournament in which he won the top scorer (4 goals) and best player awards. He also won the King's Cup with Barcelona, and was crowned the top scorer in the Spanish League (30 goals), for the eighth time In his career, before moving to Paris Saint-Germain last summer.
The 2021 Ballon d'Or will be handed over to Messi on the 29th of this month in Paris.
With this award, Lionel Messi will enhance his number as the most Golden Ball player in history with 7 golden balls, after he also achieved the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, to move away by two gold balls from his nearest pursuers, rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who has five golden balls .
Thus, Lionel Messi retains the Golden Ball he won in 2019, after the award was canceled in 2020, due to the Corona virus pandemic, as Robert Lewandowski was the most prominent candidate to crown it.
