No 9th Ballon d’Or For Lionel Messi as ‘Fight’ Predicted Between Erling Haaland & Jude Bellingham

Lionel Messi won his 8th Ballon d’Or in Paris, which could likely be his final one. However, many thought that Manchester City star Erling Haaland deserved to win the award for his goal exploits. Jude Bellingham also made the news for winning the Kopa trophy. Amidst all the chatter, a popular analyst now believes the next Ballon d’Or race will now be run by Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham.

It looks like the young soccer superstars are ready to take over the Ronaldo-Messi dominance that has gone on for years. Hence, winning the prestigious trophy will depend on them scoring goals and winning trophies for their nation and club.

Erling Haaland and Bellingham are predicted to be in the Ballon d’Or battle after Messi’s possibly won his last one

Many soccer experts believed that Manchester City’s Erling Haaland deserved his first Ballon d’Or instead of Messi. It is because he scored over 50 goals across all competitions and also won the treble. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wittingly asked for awards for both his star player and Lionel Messi. Interestingly, analyst Jan Aage Fjortoft feels that next year’s race is between Haaland and Jude Bellingham.

Jan Aage Fjortoft speaking on ESPN while predicting the Ballon d’Or winner for the next year said,“I think everybody wants to win, but I haven’t talked to him (Haaland) about that but I guess everybody wants him to win(Ballon d’Or) he will keep on scoring his goals and next year then there will be a fight between him and Bellingham, so let’s go.” 

At the moment, both Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham are doing brilliantly this season for their respective clubs. However, there is a scenario in which Jude Bellingham has the chance to win the race. What is the advantage for the Real Madrid star?

Jude Bellingham seems to have the edge over Haaland in the Ballon d’Or race

Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham are currently scoring goals for fun with Manchester City and Real Madrid, respectively. Erling Haaland has scored 13 goals and provided 3 assists in 15 matches in all competitions this season. Whereas, Jude Bellingham also has 13 goals and 3 assists in only 13 matches this season. At the moment, both are matching each other in terms of goals and assists. But, Bellingham has an advantage in the race for the Ballon d’Or and it’s in relation to his national team.

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Jude Bellingham can gain the advantage with the help of the England national team. The English have qualified for the Euros next year. Whereas, Norway will most probably not qualify currently sitting below Scotland and Spain in their qualifiers group. This means that Jude Bellingham has the possibility of winning a trophy with the national team and this can increase his chances to win the Ballon d’Or. As per you, who will be the next Ballon d’Or winner? Let us know your predictions in the comments.

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