The Haaland stats causing controversy on Ballon d’Or final award to Messi

Manchester City’s player Erling Haaland suffered a horrible defeat in the Ballon d’Or ceremony where finally Lionel Messi got awarded with the trophy instead of him. The decision caused the sadness of the Norwegian striker, who had been rumored to be ready to be the champion after completing great stats during the season.

In this sense, despite his defeat, Lionel Messi had some words for him during his winner’s speech, where the Argentine could remember that the Norwegian striker has been one of the best players of the season, and bet on him as a potential next winner of the trophy even snubbing Kylian Mbappe.

Meanwhile, there has been great controversy around the decision of not giving Haaland the award, and the fans have remembered some of the stats performed by the striker during his season with Manchester City, the team who won the treble conquering Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup in a season with Haaland as a main player.

He could be about to win the Ballon d’Or in the next few years

In this respect, the Norwegian completed 57 games scoring 57 goals and giving 10 assists with Manchester City, winning the Treble and several individual trophies, such as the Manchester City player of the season, FWA Footballer of the Year, UEFA Men’s player of the year, Premier League player of the season, Premier League Golden Boot, two Premier League player of the month titles. He was included in the ESM and PFA Teams of the year, the UEFA Champions League Team of the season, among other awards, which seem to prove that he could be about to win the Ballon d’Or in the next few seasons as Messi himself said.