Michael Owen and Henry chose Lionel Messi over Erling Haaland to win the 2023 Golden Ball award, when France Football Magazine will announce the winner of this prestigious individual award on October 30 at the Theater du Chatelet (France).

Messi and Haaland are the two leading candidates for this year’s individual award. Although Haaland scored 52 goals in all competitions last season, helping Manchester City win the European treble, former England international Owen thinks Messi has the advantage after winning the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

Famous TV presenter Piers Morgan continued to criticize coach Erik ten Hag for not being subtle, after Cristiano Ronaldo’s outstanding performance in Al Nassr’s 4-3 win in the Saudi Pro League.

In an interview with AS USA, former England striker Michael Owen shared: “This is one of the years when there are probably two players who deserve to win the Golden Ball award, because of their great dedication.” their.

In fact, there are some years without a prominent star, or maybe a year of underdogs, like Benzema last season. But this year, there are two candidates who stand head and shoulders above their peers in my opinion. First, striker Erling Haaland scored 52 goals in 53 matches and contributed greatly to helping Man City win the treble. This has been an impressive year of work for him.”

However, the former striker of Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid concluded: “But I think Haaland will not win the award because he is too immature. If I had to choose, I would put him second. Candidate Everyone already knows the biggest contender to win the Golden Ball.

Simply because Messi had the year he had been dreaming about his entire career. Messi has performed better in many previous times than this year. But to win the World Cup and become the star of the tournament is almost the perfect ending to a career, right? Therefore, if Messi does not win the award, I will be surprised and ready to sue FIFA.”

According to many football experts, Lionel Messi will receive his eighth Golden Ball because he deserves to be the winner this year. And Erling Haaland belongs to the future, and must nurture his desire to pursue a prestigious individual award for the first time in his young career.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry also believes that Lionel Messi should win the 2023 Golden Ball award rather than Erling Haaland. The once excellent striker of the French team carefully analyzed how Messi led Argentina to victory at the FIFA World Cup, which said everything.

Henry still admitted that Erling Haaland was excellent last season and deserved to be honored after a season of winning many titles with Manchester City, but the former Barcelona striker supported Messi. When asked about the winner he chose, Henry told GOAL: “For me, there is only Messi. No one can argue. Done.”

Lionel Messi scored 7 goals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including a double in the final. The victory in Qatar marked the crowning moment of his legendary career. He is also the owner of the Golden Ball at major world tournaments. Therefore, it is difficult for people to bet against Messi winning the eighth Golden Ball this year by France Football magazine.