๐จJรผrgen Klopp on who should win the 2026 Ballon dโOr:
โGive it to Lionel Messi. Honestly, give him the award and let us have a proper conversation about football afterwards, because I'm getting tired of people making this more complicated than it needs to be.
I know how football works. People want new faces, new stories, new heroes. They want to celebrate the next generation, and that's absolutely fine. But since when did celebrating young players require us to forget what greatness looks like?
If Messi is still producing performances that make the rest of the world stop and watch, why should his age become an argument against him?
Tell me, what exactly are we rewarding with the Ballon d'Or? The best footballer of the year, or the player whose story we find most convenient?
Because when I watch Lionel, I don't see a man surviving on his reputation. I see a player who still understands football at a level that very few people in history have ever reached.
His movement, his vision, the way he manipulates defenders before the ball even reaches his feet โ these are things you cannot teach easily. You can run faster than Messi. You can be stronger than Messi. You can spend an entire match chasing him. But understanding the game the way he does? That is a different conversation.
And please, don't tell me that he has already won enough trophies. What kind of argument is that? If a player performs better than everybody else in the relevant period, are we supposed to punish him because he has already achieved greatness?
The Ballon d'Or is not a retirement gift. But it is not a youth award either. Judge the football, not the birth certificate.
I have enormous respect for the younger players. They are pushing the game forward, and some of them will have extraordinary careers. But none of that means we must rush to crown somebody else while Lionel is still reminding us what makes him special.
And there is something else people forget. Messi doesn't always need to score three goals to control a match. Sometimes he gives one pass, makes one movement, or finds one solution that changes the entire game. If you only judge football through statistics, you will miss half of what he gives you.
So my position is simple: look at the performances, examine the entire year, and apply the same standards to everybody.
If another player has genuinely had the stronger year, make that argument with evidence. I will listen.
But if the argument is simply that Messi has won too many awards, that he is too old, or that football needs a new king, then I'm sorry โ that is not football analysis. That is marketing.
Lionel Messi doesn't need the Ballon d'Or to prove he is one of the greatest ever. But if his football makes him the best player of 2026, then give him the award. Don't let the desire for a new story blind you to the one still being written.โ
Olamide gave shoutout to Wizkid, Wizkid FC and Rotimi Rudeboy on his new song โBurukutuโ.
Wizkid and Olamideโs friendship is as solid rock ๐๐ฅ
This is what Peter Obi said โโYou have people at home in Nigeria today who are begging you for money. He said again Sending money only helps people survive the hardship for a short time. It doesnโt solve the real problem. The real problem is bad leadership,
So instead of just sending money, tell your relatives to vote for better leaders in the 2027 election. Thank you for accepting that your drug lord has failed.
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President of Cameroon, the 93-year-old Paul Biya, is expected to visit Cameroon next week!
He will have a two-week working trip before returning to Geneva, Switzerland, where he lives.
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