Lionel Messi

Tomos Millward On October 28th in Paris, the 2024 Ballon d’Or awards should have signalled an uncontroversial entrance into a new era of the award’s lifetime. Following Lionel Messi’s record eighth victory in 2023 and effective retirement from high-level football in Miami, France Football had the simple task of...

Kian Gadsby In 2023, Lionel Messi shocked the football world by signing for Inter Miami in the USA. This signing brought millions of eyes worldwide onto the MLS immediately, as one of the greatest football players ever was suddenly playing weekly. Now, the MLS is used to having exceptional...

Now that Qatar 2022 has come to its dramatic conclusion, with Argentina lifting the trophy for the third time, it's time to see if there were any champions amongst our prediction-makers. We may claim to know sports and have passion for writing about all the action, but unfortunately it...

Ewan James Ewan James picks out the takeaways from the half-way stage of the Champions League Round of 16… Out With The Old In With The New? While we are so used to watching Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominate on the European stage, in this first leg of...

Elijah Trevers takes an in-depth look at Barcelona’s all too familiar decline, and prospects for their future....

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As usual, France Football have announced their thirty candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or (full list below). Of course, the usual suspects are on the list. Favourites include Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann. However, this year’s nominations have thrown up a few surprises both in...