"Il Capitano" pointed out that if Messi had stayed at a club like the one in the Italian capital for so long he surely "would not have won any Ballon d'Ors". "Put Messi for 25 years in Roma.

Cristiano Ronaldo once reacted under a social media post criticising Lionel Messi following his eighth Ballon d'Or win Spanish journalist Tomas Roncero hit out at the decision to award the Ballon ...

Instead, Ribery came third in the 2013 Ballon d'Or voting with 1,127 votes (23.36 per cent). Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was second with 1,205 votes (24.72 per cent) as Cristiano Ronaldo took ...