Ballon d’Or: Messi has 93% chance of winning award – Spanish newspaper

<p>Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi has been given a 93 per cent chance of winning this year’s Ballon d’Or ahead of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland.</p>, <p>According to Diario AS, Messi is in line to win a record-extending Ballon d’Or, having won it seven times already.</p>, <p>This follows the 36-year-old’s finally winning the World Cup with Argentina in December 2022.</p>, <p>Messi’s impressive outing in Qatar and his stunning start to life in MLS, have seen him now 1/14 to win the Ballon d’Or ahead of Haaland.</p>, <p>Haaland took the Premier League by storm during his debut season after arriving from Borussia Dortmund.</p>, <p>The Norway striker scored 52 goals in 55 matches as City won the Treble.</p>