The Paris Saint-Germain player feels that his former Barcelona teammate is the best player on the planet at the moment and has backed the Argentinean to win the coveted award again this year
Although Lionel Messi has won the award three times previously, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 believes that the Barcelona forward deserves to win the Ballon d’Or again this year as the player has performed brilliantly over the last 12 months or so.
Messi, along with Real Madrid’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, are the front-runners for the prestigious award, but according to the Swede, the Argentine international should be awarded the award instead of the former Manchester United player.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was talking to reporters at a press conference, and when asked about his views on the upcoming Ballon d’Or award, the PSG striker picked his former teammate without any hesitation.
Praising the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 in the best player in the world and he deserves to win the Ballon d’Or again this year.
"Messi is the best player in the world, he deserves the Ballon d'Or," Ibrahimovic told BeIn Sport.
The Argentinean has won the prestigious award three times before and Ibrahimovic doesn’t agree with the views that the player shouldn’t be given the award again this year. The Swede said that such things in football matters a little and Messi deserves to
win it again this year.
"I know he's won it several times but it is deserved,” the Swede told reporters.
The former Milan player added that Messi is out of this world, and the way he plays on the pitch is unbelievable. It’s like he is on PlayStation and other team’s defenders are apparently unable to stop him from scoring.
The former Barcelona player added: “He plays like he's on PlayStation, it's unbelievable.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic added that people who are saying that Messi doesn’t deserve to win the Ballon d’Or this year are living a lie. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 international added that such people are just talking nonsense and they know nothing about football.
“People who say otherwise either don't know anything about football or are just talking nonsense."
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