🚨🎙️ France Head Coach Zinedine Zidane on Lionel Messi being nominated for the Ballon d’Or:
“I think people really don’t understand how crazy it is to still be among the best players in the world at 39. At that age, many footballers’ time is already gone. Honestly, I don’t even remember if I could have scored a goal at 39, not to talk of performing at this level and being considered among the best in the world.
If anyone still has doubts about the GOAT debate, then honestly, that person doesn’t belong in football society. How can you watch football and not see this kind of greatness?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Messi won the award. Who else in that nomination can honestly tell me they had a bigger impact than Messi this year? He carried Inter Miami on his back at 39, won the league’s best player award and dominated the entire competition.
And on the biggest stage, the World Cup, he left everyone in awe. Argentina reached the final largely because of him. If I could vote 100 times, I’d vote for Messi every single time. There is simply no one I would choose over him. He has already established himself as the greatest of all time, and even at 39, he remains among the very best in the world.”