A report gathered on SPORTbible indicates that Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Lionel Messi has been boldly told he doesn’t have the right to win this current year’s Ballon d’Or because of the red card he got in the Spanish club final way back in January.
Previous Chelsea star Frank Lebouef has looked at the circumstance of the six-time Ballon d’Or victor with that of Zinedine Zidane.
Lebouef revealed that Zidane was neglected in 2000 and 2006 because of the red cards he got in those individual years as different players took the prize.
Lionel Messi has been named among top choices for the lofty honor this year subsequent to scoring a stunning 38 goals in 47 appearances for Barcelona last season.
Lionel Messi additionally captained Argentina to the hotly anticipated Copa America success and went on to win the Golden Ball and Golden Boot.
However, Lebouef claims that the genius ought not be given the honor, referring to the red card he got for hitting out at Asier Villalibre of Athletic Bilbao in the Supercopa de Espana last in January.
This is what Lebouef had to say on TeleFoot via 90mon;
”In 2000 and 2006, Zidane didn’t win the Ballon d’Or because he got a red card in each year.
Messi got a red card in the Spanish Super Cup for punching someone, that counts. If we didn’t give it to Zizou, we shouldn’t give it to Messi.”
