Ballon d'Or

When does a defensive player win the Ballon d'Or again? The last one was Cannavaro in 2006 (though it should have been Zizou imho).

Kante when?

Kanté will win Balloune d'Ore only if
- France wins WC
- Chelsea wins either PL or UCL (or both)
- he scores a goal in a final
No chance in hell a guy like him, with the dullest but most crucial role in all football (defensive midfield) can be top20 for Balloune d'Ore

That's the world cup.

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And to think Buffon and Maldini never had any...

when was the last time a non meme player won ballon d'or

>though it should have been Zizou imho
nah, the best player in the world can't lose their cool like that for some grade school-tier trashtalk
it should have been Buffon, but it would have been weird to give it to someone currently in some second division

Michael Owen.

jajaj

>Kante
lol

Sergio Ramos will be the next.

Nedved? Shevchenko?

>t. Chipchiu

see

ramos should have won one by now

>defensive
>zizou
Lad

I'm talking now
I'm talking then

Never. It's too much of a marketing machine now. Remember when they re-opened the voting after Ronaldo's hattrick against Sweden because Ribery was going to win? Yeah.

Ribery winning would have devalued the award. He is literally the French Rppmey.

He deserved it though. If it just went to the player with the best ability every year Messi would have won every single one since 2008. Ronaldo won fuck all that year and just stat padded against cannon fodder. Its bullshit how they change the rules ever year just to suit him.

>didnt win any trophies? Doesn't matter look at his stats!
>doesn't have the best stats? Doesn't matter look at the trophies he won!

The award should go to the best player on the planet every year, which just so happened to be either Ronaldo or Messi every year for the past 10 years.

Going by your logic Wesley Sneijder should have won it in 2010. Just because he and Ribery were carried to good seasons by their superior teams doesn't mean they were better than Ronaldo or Messi those seasons.

They don't have skills like Messi or Ronaldo.

Nevertheless, Zanetti is a legend, Maldini is a legend. And Bonucci will be a legend soon.

define best player, cause some of those messi year's were all due to iniesta

if by best player you mean scoring more goals then no defender/mid player can ever win it again

Right, because Cannavaro, Owen, Sammer etc. were clearly the best player on the planet when they won theirs..

Zidane was the best 1998-2006 and he should have taken all those awards

>implying

After Ronaldo got injured Rivaldo was the best until 2001 or so, then Zidane took over briefly until Ronaldinho started peaking in 2004

It's a shame you weren't aborted

It's a shame UK wont deport you, paki manc scum

defenders are irrelevant

The only way is if all the best attackers COMPLETELY TANK for the entire season, which they won't.

And then, said defensive player will have to not only win a major trophy (desu I think only a WC would be enough), and play a major role in them winning it.

In other words, it won't happen for a while.

>and play a major role in them winning it.
they always do
>defenders are irrelevant
try play a match without them
1-7 will be a success for you