The Manchester City midfielder assures that his thing is to worry about collective rewards, since individual rewards affect non-football criteria. “This is obviously what Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets lacked in their time,” he emphasizes.
Rodri addresses the next edition of the Ballon d’Or. One of Guardiola’s Manchester City stars believes the individual reward is not suited to the type of football he plays. “I know it’s an individual award with a lot of marketing. Among the monsters I’m with, of course, I lack marketing, like Xavi and Iniesta. I’m concerned about the things I can control, which is collective rewards,” he said in conversation with Cope.
“Individual awards depend on third parties and I think footballers generally prefer collective trophies to individual trophies. Obviously, he missed Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets in his time,” explained the former Atlético de Madrid man.
The midfielder, although he is teammate of Erling Haaland, one of the candidates in 2023, has another name at the top of his list of favorites. “I think he will take it a certain Leo Messi “, he emphasizes. The World Cup in Qatar was one of the main arguments of those who position the Argentine as the first candidate.
“Erling is also a very great figure and has enough merits,” adds the Spanish midfielder. The Norwegian and the Iberian have won the FA Cup, Premier League, Champions League and European Super Cup in recent months.
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Messi’s eighth?
Some time ago, a leak revealed that France Football magazine would already know the winner of its most prestigious award. From Europe They assure that the prize will go to Lionel Messi, who would obtain his eighth award of this nature and he would be three steps ahead of his closest pursuer, Cristiano Ronaldo. The transandean won the editions of 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2021. The last time he won he had a share of controversy, due to the later statements of Robert Lewandowski, who considered that his performance in this course was better than that of the Argentinian.
Last week’s revelation attributed to a member of the Argentinian team captain’s close entourage , who disclosed on social networks that the star would be congratulated as the best player today alongside Aitana Bonmatí, of Barcelona, in the women’s branch. Both would thus be the main protagonists of the ceremony which will take place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, according to the Spanish media Sport.
The truth is that there will be no official confirmation regarding the determination until the day of delivery, as is usually the case. But the arguments that place the man from Rosario close to his eighth Ballon d’Or take into account the titles he won between the end of 2022 and what has happened since the current one: a League 1 with PSG, the Coupe des Ligues with InterMiami and basically the World Cup which he obtained in Qatar.
During the global tournament organized last December, the transandean was chosen as the best player , in addition to being the second top scorer, with seven goals, one less than Kylian Mbappé. In addition, he was the best passer, with three. In the final against France, the Barcelona idol scored two goals.
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