Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has given his verdict on who should win the Ballon d'Or between Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi.
The award will be handed out on Monday, 30 October and many believe it will go down to Haaland or seven-time winner Messi.
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Reports in Spain claim that the Argentine is set to win his eighth Ballon d'Or after leading Argentina to their third World Cup title in December.
However, Guardiola could pick a definitive answer and feels both Haaland and Messi deserve to win the award.
"Always I said the Ballon d'Or should be in two sections; one for Messi, then after another one so Haaland should win, yes," Guardiola told reporters, as per ESPN.
"We won the treble, he scored a million goals. The worst season for Messi is the best for the rest of the players. Both deserve it.
"Realistically I want Haaland to have it cause he helped us achieve what we achieved, I would love it. But Messi won the World Cup."
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