Lionel Messi has revealed that he would vote for his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates Neymar or Kylian Mbappe for the Ballon d’Or, despite being one of the favorite to win the award for a seventh time.
The trio alongside fellow teammate goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma are among the 30-players shortlisted for the men’s award.
The prestigious prize, given to the best footballer of the year returns this year having been cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Messi, 34, is the favorite to scoop the top prize ahead of the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho in the bookmakers’ odds. But the Argentine has admitted that he would vote for his new team-mates Mbappe and Neymar.