Record winner Messi snubbed by Ballon d'Or organizers
Award organizers France Football have explained why the Argentine was omitted from the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious gong Read Full Article at RT.com
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The Argentine will have no chance to retain his crown in 2022
France Football caused shock on Friday by omitting the award's current holder Lionel Messi from the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or for the first time since 2005.
Messi scooped football's highest individual honor for a record seventh time in 2021, yet an unflattering season where he managed just 11 goals at new club Paris Saint Germain saw him and teammate Neymar left out of the running for the gong.
Many fans naturally protested Messi's snub online on social media platforms such as Twitter, which has forced one of the journalists at the magazine that has organized the award since 1956, France Football, to try and clear the matter up.
"Inevitably, Lionel Messi, with his 15 appearances in a row since 2006, his seven Ballon d'Or victories, [and] his title holder status, weighs very heavily when it comes to the final choice," Emmanuel Bojan began to explain.
Lionel Messi fails to make the Ballon d'Or shortlist for the first time since 2005
