Lionel Messi
Barcelona ace Lionel Messi believes his teammates at the Catalan club, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, are in pole positions to win the FIFA Ballon d‘Or.
Messi is currently world player of the year but he admits Spain‘s exploits at the World Cup in South Africa favour the Spanish player ahead of him.
”It‘s clear to me that the World Cup will have a big impact on the final decision this year, which is going to give them an edge,” Messi told fifa.com on Monday.
”If I don‘t win then I sincerely hope that it goes to one of my Barça colleagues. All the odds are in favour of Xavi and Iniesta and to be honest they‘re great people and great players who deserve it more than anybody.”
Both Xavi and Andres Iniesta have admitted they were relieved to see Argentina knocked out by Germany at the World Cup. They felt La Albiceleste would have been tougher semifinal opponents and Messi agreed to this.
He said, ”It‘s true. We didn‘t go into the tournament on song, but we improved with each game and hit good form.
”We‘d earned the respect of everybody thanks to the football we‘d played and our results. And I think they (Xavi and Iniesta) know that Argentina are always difficult opponents, whatever form they‘re in. We proved that in the friendly game we played in Buenos Aires, when we thrashed Spain.”
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