In a recent interview, Luís Figo revealed that ten journalists shortlisted among the 100 Ballon d’Or voters have been delisted and removed for violating FIFA regulations in favor of Messi.
According to Figo, the journalists were caught attempting to manipulate and coordinate their votes in favor of Lionel Messi to win the award over other top contenders, including Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé, and Harry Kane.
Figo went further, stating: “For the past 15 years the awards have been rigged in favor of Messi. Only 3 out of the 8 he has won were truly deserved. I don’t know what the relationship between him and FIFA is, but I hope he’s brought to justice someday.”
Kanu is the most Decorated Nigerian Player, Easy Mr Obi.
His major honours include:
🏆 UEFA Champions League (Ajax)
🏆 UEFA Cup (Inter Milan)
🏆 3 Eredivisie titles
🏆 2 Premier League titles
🏆 3 FA Cups with Arsenal, plus another with Portsmouth
🏆 UEFA Super Cup
🏆 Intercontinental Cup
🥇 Olympic Gold Medal (Nigeria, Atlanta 1996)
🏆 FIFA U-17 World Cup (1993)
🌍 CAF African Player of the Year (1996, 1999) – the only Nigerian to win it twice.
🗣️Gary Neville on Arsenal walking away from Morgan Rogers:
“I don’t want to take anything away from Morgan Rogers because he’s a wonderful player. He’s had two outstanding seasons at Aston Villa and has developed into a very, very good footballer. Players don’t decide the transfer fee clubs pay for them, so this isn’t a criticism of him.
But £117 million is a ridiculous amount of money. For that kind of fee, you’re talking about the very best players in world football. Morgan Rogers is an excellent player, but I don’t think he’s worth that valuation.
I actually applaud Arsenal for walking away. It might disappoint some fans because he was one of their top targets, but every club has to know where to draw the line. You have to put a value on a player and be prepared to walk away if the asking price goes beyond it.
Sometimes that’s the smartest decision you can make in the transfer market, and I think Arsenal have done exactly that.”
Paul Scholes: "Rogers did the right thing going to Chelsea. I think he will play more. We’ve just seen Eze go to Arsenal from Palace. He hasn’t played a lot of football, has he?”
Eze played 3371 minutes last season
Luke Shaw played the most minutes for Man Utd...3217
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A los argentinos cuando Maradona metió un gol con la mano no les pareció sospechoso. Cuando los argentinos le dieron agua con somníferos a Brasil no les pareció raro. Cuando su dictadura robó el mundial de 1978 todo estaba bien. Los 5 penaltis en 7 partidos de Qatar tampoco les pareció sospechoso. No les pareció sospechoso robarle a Egipto o a Suiza. Pero perder una final en la que tiraron 0 veces en 120 minutos les esta pareciendo un robo y todo muy conspiranoico. Te tienes que reír 😆
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O comentarista suíço David Lemos, encerrou a transmissão resumindo com precisão os problemas desta Copa do Mundo, ele foi perfeito.
🗣️"Não há dúvidas de que esta foi a Copa do Mundo mais comercial da história e também uma das mais politizadas."
"Não esqueceremos os preços que pessoas sem grande poder aquisitivo tiveram de pagar para viver sua paixão pelo futebol."
"Em alguns casos, sequer puderam entrar no país por causa de sua nacionalidade, fossem torcedores, jornalistas ou até árbitros, como o somali Omar Artan."
"Também lembramos do tratamento inaceitável dado à seleção do Irã, que não pôde defender suas chances de forma adequada durante o torneio."
"E há ainda o caso de Folarin Balogun. Vimos um presidente se vangloriar de ter ligado para o presidente da FIFA para conseguir retirar a suspensão de um jogador."
"A política se infiltrou no coração do futebol, embora a FIFA afirme querer mantê-la acima de tudo. Fica claro que isso só vale até certo ponto."
"Foi uma Copa do Mundo em que todas as partidas foram disputadas em quatro tempos, e cuja final teve um intervalo de quase 30 minutos."
"A crise tem dois nomes: dinheiro e poder. Hoje existe uma crise de confiança entre muitos dos envolvidos no futebol e a FIFA."
"Nas próximas semanas, muito dinheiro será distribuído a diversas federações e a muitos agentes do futebol, que serão educadamente convidados a permanecer em silêncio."
"Esperamos que tudo isso seja levado em consideração e que não volte a acontecer."
Este es, quizás, el vídeo más descarado de la Final de la Copa del Mundo. Todos vimos cómo Enzo Fernández casi mata a Pau Cubarsí, pero si te fijas, más abajo, un jugador de Argentina, Nicolás Tagliafico, ve la tremenda patada de su compañero y, sabiendo que la ha cagado, se le ocurre tirarse al suelo y fingir una lesión. Enzo recibe la tarjeta roja, pero Messi se acerca al árbitro señalando a su compañero argentino caído (a Tagliafico) diciendo que está lesionado. Afortunadamente no coló. Son delincuentes, no jugadores de fútbol.
Congratulations to Spain. Beating Argentina was difficult enough, but overcoming the officiating as well made this an extraordinary achievement.
The aggression that went unpunished, the shocking decisions, and the number of huge calls Argentina benefited from throughout this tournament have been an absolute disgrace.
Spain overcame all of it and became world champions. FOOTBALL WON!
🚨 🇩🇪 Toni Kroos: 🗣️"Judging Ronaldo by World Cup Success Is Judging Nationality, Not Greatness."
🗣️"People act like winning the World Cup is the only thing that decides the greatest player ever, but football isn't that simple."
"Cristiano Ronaldo didn't choose to be born in Portugal. Historically, Portugal has never been the same kind of football powerhouse as Argentina when it comes to World Cup success and tradition."
"If you judge players mainly by the country they were born into, then you're judging nationality more than individual greatness."
"The GOAT debate should be about what a player does across an entire career, the consistency, the longevity, the records, and the impact. not just one tournament."
"Using the World Cup as the ultimate deciding factor ignores how much a player's opportunities are shaped by the team and football culture around them."🎙️
Spain was nobody's favourite team before the tournament but look how nobody is mad at them even after they eliminated two fan favourites on their way to the World Cup final.
Why? Because they won every match without any external help, that's how you know they are the worthy finalists.
🚨 Every major refereeing controversy that has gone Argentina’s way at the 2026 World Cup… and somehow it looks even worse than Qatar.
🇩🇿 Algeria: Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with his studs. No card. No VAR review.
🇦🇹 Austria: Mac Allister appeared to foul Schlager before Messi’s goal. Austria protested, but VAR allowed the goal.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde: Tagliafico’s challenge in the build-up to Argentina’s second wasn’t reviewed despite appeals.
🇪🇬 Egypt: A brilliant Egyptian goal was ruled out for an alleged foul at the very start of the move, over 80 metres from goal.
🇪🇬 Egypt (again): Egypt appealed for a penalty before Argentina’s late winner. Play continued, and Argentina scored moments later.
🇨🇭 Switzerland: Embolo was sent off after VAR intervened for an alleged dive near midfield, one of the most unusual VAR decisions fans have seen.
One controversial decision can happen. But when the same team benefits from them in almost every round, people are naturally going to ask questions.