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Real Madrid <\/a>midfielder Jude Bellingham feels that Leo Messi deserved to win the Ballon d\u2019Or.\u00a0 Messi won the trophy for the eighth time after leading Argentina to their 2022 World Cup victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kopa Trophy winner Bellingham backs the Messi vote and says: “He is an incredible player, that is why he has eight awards.
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Without a doubt, Messi is one of the best footballers in history.
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“He is incredible, for all the work he has done, not only for what he has seen in the World Cup.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about winning the Ballon d’Or himself, Bellingham said: “Honestly, I still don’t think about it. Today I was here collecting the award thanks to the work of my teammates in the team and in the England team.
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Related News Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barcelona to include whizkid in trade for Chelsea fullback Maatsen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham feels that Leo Messi deserved to win the Ballon d\u2019Or.\u00a0 Messi won the trophy for the eighth time after leading Argentina to their 2022 World Cup victory. Kopa Trophy winner Bellingham backs the Messi vote and says: “He is an incredible player, that is why he has eight awards. Without a doubt, Messi is one of the best footballers in history. “He is incredible, for all the work he has done, not only for what he has seen in the World Cup.” Asked about winning the Ballon d’Or himself, Bellingham said: “Honestly, I still don’t think about it. Today I was here collecting the award thanks to the work of my teammates in the team and in the England team. “ Related News Story: Barcelona to include whizkid in trade for Chelsea fullback Maatsen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-la-liga"],"yoast_head":"\nBellingham: Messi deserved the Ballon d\u2019Or - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, shared his thoughts on the concluded Ballon d'Or awards, stating that Leo Messi deserved to win.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/bellingham-messi-deserved-the-ballon-dor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bellingham: Messi deserved the Ballon d\u2019Or - 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