Messi wins FIFA best men's player of year for 2023!

[Sydney_Iron]

Don't get me wrong he has been one of the best players we have ever seen in the game but what the fuck did he do in 2023? Played a handful of games in a league equivalent to Div 1 and he's voted as best in the world. FMOB.

[yngwies Cat]

Thought Danny Ings would have been in for a shout. Just shows FIFA know nothing.

[Nagel]

Maybe so. I could see how FIFA would prefer the current winner to be playing outside of a UEFA nation for a change.

[Russ of the BML]

Nagel 3:03 Tue Jan 16 Fair enough. But if you don't think FIFA don't engineer any vote towards who they want then you don't know FIFA.

[zico]

Messi will probably win it when he has been retired for 5 years and just having a kick about with his kids in the back garden.

[Nagel]

"To be fair, Russ, it's not FIFA who decide the winner. Four groups made up of media representatives, the general public, national team coaches, and national team captains get 25% each of the total vote."

[Nagel]

"Yep. Complete bollocks innit. Probably fitting that Messi should win it, despite doing nothing of note."

[Russ of the BML]

FIFA'S obsession with Messi is so boring.

[Lee Trundle]

"""The period this award relates to was 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023"" So an award for the best player in 2023, is judged only for his performances in half of that year (and a bit in 2022) and is awarded in 2024? Sounds about right for FIFA!"

[Nagel]

"The period this award relates to was 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023, so not really about Messi's time at Miami. Not that he did anything amazing at PSG either. Apparently in the voting he got the same amount as Haaland so the decider went to all the national club captains, like Kane and Andy Robertson, most of whom probably didn't want to vote for the Man City man. Interested to see that Rice was on the shortlist for this, based on his time with us. He came in rock bottom though."

[RBshorty]

A man stroll’s around Miami. Picks up a football awards.! In other news. Scientists discover The sea is wet.!