Let's take a look at the smallest Ballon d'Or winning margins that led to some close battles between the top two players for world dominance that year.
So many of the world's greatest football players wear the number 10 for their respective clubs - Messi wears it, Rooney wears it, and Ibrahimovic wears it.
Manchester City have signed Nicolas Otamendi from Valencia on a five year contract for a rumoured £32m. He becomes City's third major signing of the summer.
When Jese Rodriguez made his Real Madrid first team debut, many thought that the Blancos have found an ideal long-term replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo
The pedigree which Matteo Darmian follows is quite impressive. A youth product of an academy that has produced the likes of Maldini, Baresi and Costacurta.