At the recent Ballon d’Or ceremony, Lionel Messi chose Liverpool target Jamal Musiala to win the Kopa Trophy over Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid.
The world’s top-performing player under the age of twenty-one is given the Kopa Trophy. Real Madrid player Bellingham was the winner, as was to be expected, but Messi’s votes seem to indicate that he preferred Musiala to the England midfielder.
a voting process where each of the last 32 recipients of the Ballon d’Or will get a chance to pick their top three from a nominated list of 10.
Lionel Messi ranks his target at Liverpool. Jude Bellingham is lower than Jamal Musiala.
It should come as no surprise that Liverpool is interested in signing Jamal Musiala, one of the best young players in the world and star of Bayern Munich.
In his Fact Files, German journalist Christian Falk recently asserted that the Reds are actually more eager to sign the 20-year-old than Leroy Sane, another player with whom they have been strongly associated.
Although everyone is aware of Musiala’s exceptional talent, most people would choose the Real Madrid player over Jude Bellingham in a comparison.
However, based on his vote, Lionel Messi appears to believe that the German is actually superior to Bellingham.
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While Bellingham was the top choice for most people, Messi thought Musiala should have won.
Remarkably, Bellingham only reached number three on the legendary Argentine’s list; Pedri of Barcelona was his second choice.