Messi fifth in Ballon d´Or? To us it´s absurd – Valverde

Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde has described Lionel Messi’s fifth-place finish in the Ballon d’Or vote as “absurd”. Messi is a five-time winner of the prize and shared the previous 10 with long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo but saw Real Madrid’s Luka Modric top the 2018 poll on Monday. It is the first time Messi has finished outside […]

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