Lionel Messi: Virgil Van Dijk believes Barcelona superstar should win Ballon D’Or

Tanish Chachra | 02/06/2019
Lionel Messi: Virgil Van Dijk believes Barcelona superstar should win Ballon D'Or

Lionel Messi: Virgil Van Dijk believes that Lionel Messi should win the prestigious Ballon D’or award despite winning the Champions league.

Virgil Van Dijk had one of the heroic campaigns for Liverpool, as he stood tall every time to lead the Reds towards the highest European prize.

Many have opined that the Dutch International should be given the Ballon D’or award after his sensational performances throughout the season. The player has already won PFA player of the year award for his exhibits in the Premier league.

However, in an interaction after Liverpool’s victory against Tottenham, Van Dijk in his post-match statement stated that he thinks, he should not win the award, instead Lionel Messi should be awarded.

“I think Messi is the best player in the world,” Van Dijk said after Saturday’s win. “He should win the Ballon D’Or. So I’m not thinking of that.

“But if I win, I’ll take it. Messi should win it though. He is the best in the world, whether he’s in the final or not.” he further said.

Despite keeping Messi silent in the 2nd leg of the Semi-final against Barcelona, Van Dijk has not change his opinions on the abilities of the Argentine International.

On the other, the Barcelona forward also had a phenomenal season individually, as he became the top-scorer of Europe this season once again and lifted La Liga trophy.

However, things went downhill for Lionel Messi as his side lost to Liverpool on aggregate by 4-3, even though they had a significant lead of 3-0 in the first leg.

Thus, realistically it seems that Van Dijk is much stronger contender to win the prestigious individual award ahead of the other football players in contention.

How twitter reacted

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What’s next?

Liverpool have ended their campaign with the highest prize possible. Further, the Reds will prepare for next season while making suitable signings during the transfer window.

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About the author

Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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