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Messi leaves for Paris with his family

Messi and his family travel to Paris where he is expected to be crowned the ‘Golden Ball’ winner. Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are the other candidates to win this award for 2019…

Leo Messi is already headed to Paris, in fact, Barcelona’s 10th may have already landed in France for the ‘Golden Ball’ ceremony, after Barcelona posted the video on ‘Twitter’.

Leo was in the company of his wife, Antonella, and the children, Thiago and Mateo.

The 32-year-old is the top favorite to win the 2019 ‘Golden Ball’ after a great season with Barcelona. According to world media reports in the last week, the Argentine has in fact already been selected as the winner of the most prestigious individual award in football.

But Van Dijk is expected to make the Argentinean competition stronger tonight in Paris.

Messi and Van Dijk made great appearances last weekend before announcing the winner, showing why they are in a tight race to win the award shared by the prestigious French magazine France Football.

Van Dijk scored two header to secure Liverpool another Premier League victory and consequently maintain the eight point lead at the top of the standings.

Messi made a late but fantastic goal making sure Barca beat Atletico 1:0 and made it to the top of the League, surpassing Real Madrid.

Another goal was scored by other candidate Cristiano Ronaldo in the challenge Juventus equalized 2-2 with Sassuolo.

It is reported that CR7 will not attend the ceremony, other than the media reports that Messi may be close to snatching the ‘Golden Ball’ for the sixth time.

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Ronaldo like Pogba in 2016?

Just like in the last European, that of 2016, Juve experiences the waiting competition to find out what will be the future of their star.

5 years ago the black and white executives remain anxious throughout the competition before the future of Paul Pogba was determined.

Reached the final with France, where he was defeated by Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Five years later, it is Ronaldo who keeps Juve’s market frozen, with his mind on the pitch and his staff trying to settle him away from Turin.

Different situations, but the summer of 2021 may have some analogies to what was experienced in 2016.

Pogba, after the European of France, decided his future during the holidays together with the agent Mino Raiola, between July and August.

He chose to return to Manchester United with a salary he could not refuse.

It was the most expensive transfer of the European market so far, an operation of 105 million euros, pretty good for Juventus who had received it four years ago with zero parameters.

Even the sale of Ronaldo would be positive for the financial logic of Juventus.

The player still has a one-year contract, with a net salary of 31 million euros, which costs the balance a total of 87 million euros, including fiscal obligations.

The Portuguese has not yet spoken about the future, but seems more inclined to leave Turin than in past summers.

For this reason he has given the mandate to agent Mendez to find an alternative.

PSG and Manchester United, where Pogba seems to be ending the adventure, remain valid hypotheses for the future of the footballer, who for now remains focused on defending the European title with Portugal.

He will decide on the continuation of his career later, as Pogba did in 2016.

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Official: Hansi Flick is named Germany coach

It is now official.

Hansi Flick will sit on the bench of the German National Team officially after the end of the European Championship “Euro 2020”.

The news was announced by the German Football Federation, which has resolved the small details that were left to sign the agreement with the new German coach.

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“If Ramos were Argentine, Messi would have won a World Cup”

One of Lionel Messi’s biggest disappointments is the loss in the 2014 World Cup, but Oscar Ruggeri believes that the Barcelona star would have that precious trophy if he had Real Madrid center-back Sergio Ramos as a teammate.

The former Boca Juniors defender, who won 97 games for Argentina, believes the team lacked a player of Ramos’ caliber.

“Argentina and Messi, with Ramos means a World Cup,” Ruggeri told ESPN. “He [Ramos] is a monster.

“If Argentina had Ramos on defense, they would be world champions.

“I would like to have a player like Ramos in my national team. If we had a player like Ramos today, we would be contenders for every World Cup.

“We had good central defenders but not the best of all time. Ramos is the best. It would have been nice if he had been Argentine. He is better than me, number one. He is above all,” said Ruggeri.

Messi will have one last chance in 2022 to win the World Cup, the trophy that the Argentine is missing.