Asked to give their choice, former England captain Keegan, who won the cup in 1978
and 1979, sided with brilliant Barcelona star Messi. His view was shared by
Rumenigge, van Basten, Suarez, Kopa, Sammer and Shevchenko.
Surprisingly,
former Real Madrid stars di Stefano and Figo plus ex-Chelsea midfielder Gullit
all said they couldn’t make a decision while Kaka voted for his Real Madrid coworker
Ronaldo as did Beckenbauer and former Milan midfielder Rivera.
Messi,
who first won in 2009, is the favourite to win again at the award rite in Zurich on January 7.
Lionel
Messi should be crown the best footballer in the world for the fourth successive
year, according to some of the game’s greatest players.
In a
poll of 13 of the Ballon D’Or’s past winners, Messi beat his greatest rival
Cristiano Ronaldo by seven votes to three with three others claim they could
not choose between them.
France
Football, the publication that originally specially made the trophy back in
1956, spoke to past winners Kaka, Alfredo di Stefano, Ruud Gullit, Luis Figo,
Kevin Keegan, Karlheinz Rummenigge, Marco Van Basten, Luis Suarez Miramontes,
Raymond Kopa, Matthias Sammer, Franz Beckenbauer, Andrei Shevchenko and Gianni
Rivera.
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