The Ballon d’or, one of the most prestigious personal awards any footballer can dream of and as usual, there are not that many players in world football that can boast of having the ballon d’or award. Over the years, the balon d’or has been heavily and majorly dominated by teams in other top European leagues… most especially the La Liga who held the award for consercutive seasons due to the incredible competition between Messi and Ronaldo who both have won that award a good number of times, probably the most any footballer presently.
Based on the topic of this post, this is an interesting talking point that has surfaced recently concerning the Ballon d’or and the premier league player with the most chance of winning the players’ ultimate personal award. As we all know, the premier league hasn’t found their feet when it comes to players winning the Ballon d’or and it has been a little over 11 years since the last time a premier league player won the award, Cristiano Ronaldo was the last premier league player to win the award during his time at Manchester United. The La Liga has dominated the Ballon d’ or award winners section ever since, with Barcelona Messi and Real Madrid Cristiano as the players who have dominated the award since the last time a premier league player (Cristiano Ronaldo) won it back in 2008.
A lot of talking points have been going on whether a premier league player can win the Ballon d'Or in this era of Messi and Ronaldo, but the serial dominance between the two players considered the greatest players to play the game, has suppressed the thoughts when it comes to premier league players winning the Ballon d’or award. The just completed 2018/2019 season has seen the rise of quite a few players in the premier league and their performances have raised a few questions whether this year might be the year for a premier league player to finally win the Ballon d’or. According to some of the fans, only 5 players from the premier league could end up on the podium this year…
Virgil van Dijk
He has been a revelation for the Liverpool ever since he joined the club from Southampton and going on to become not only the best player in the Liverpool team but also a great defense marshal for them as well. His performances have not only caught the eyes of many but have seen him clinch some personal awards for his world-class performances last season, helping Liverpool finish second in the league with just a point difference from winning the premier league title and clinching the champions league trophy to cap their fabulous season in style. Ever since he joined the club, Liverpool has been on the rise... wining their first every premier league title in their history last season. The sad news for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is probably out for the season due to injury. we all wish him quick recovery. However, we all know his qualities and mentality and he will come back stronger than ever. We are expecting to see a better van Dijk next season and if he continues to improve and become better than what he has shown so far, he is definitely going to be one of the players with the highest chances of making it into the ballon d'or top 3... he has done it before, so we know that he already has all it takes to do it again when the ballon d'or kicks off again
All players must pass me first to get the cup :)
