Unbelievable, this was the Haaland’s reaction to Messi’s Ballon d’Or

Manchester City's striker Erling Haaland was under the spotlight in the last few hours after being defeated by Lionel Messi in the Ballon d’Or 2023 ceremony, where the Argentine player finally received the award despite the Citizen’s topscorer having performed unbelievable individual and collective stats during the season.

In this sense, many football fans were angry and disappointed for the decision, revealing that the Norwegian striker would have deserved the award instead of the Argentine superstar, who addressed part of his speech as the winner to hail Haaland and his career at Manchester City, announcing to be convinced that the Citizen striker could be the next player lifting the trophy.

In this respect, the Manchester City’s player surprised the media and the fans in the last few hours with his reaction to what happened in the Ballon d’Or 2023 ceremony, as far from being upset, celebrated the success had by Messi and decided to congratulate the Argentine superstar through his personal social media.

Haaland posted a story in his Instagram account

In this way, Haaland surprised everyone with a story posted on his personal Instagram account, where it could be seen a picture of Messi posing with his trophy and the caption “FELICITACIONES @LEOMESSI” with an emoji of hands clapping the Argentine player, who won his eighth Ballon d’Or award in his career.