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 After leading Argentina to their second World Cup title, Lionel Messi is on the verge of becoming the first player in history to win the Ballon d'Or eight times. An accomplishment Messi thanks the high heavens and his teammates for helping him achieve.  But does he really deserve to win this year's Ballon d'Or? Of course, not but Messi's is a marketable player with millions of fans who are then backed by some of the biggest sponsors in football, including FIFA itself. To dampen the crescendo of noises already calling for the Ballon d'Or to be canceled since its dubious and insincere. The Host Committee has tabled three criteria that must be met by the player before he or she wins: For the whole season, a player must be outstanding, Messi was bang average for PSG but brilliant for Argentina.  Secondly, a player must show respect and solidarity to the opposition team, Messi was rude and disrespectful to the Netherlands national team, especially to Louis van Gaal. Thi

 Another game, another goal, Mo Salah is becoming the best Liverpool Striker of all time. There is a strong chance that Salah will become Liverpool's highest goal scorer after having scored 201 goals in four seasons at the club.  It will be a great achievement to achieve that destiny, but it might damage the team's overall goal in terms of actualizing this dream. Salah still remains Liverpool's major source of goals and without him, the club won't be contemplating finishing in the top 4 talk more of winning a trophy.  Over relying on a single player always comes at a cost. Although, Liverpool is no strange to this sort of situations. In the past they've relied heavily on Michael Owen, Sami Hyppia, Steve McManaman, Steven Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and the most recently Phillipe Coutinho.  Apart from Coutinho, the departure of some of the aforementioned players massively affected the progressive of the team.  But with Jurgen

Manchester United have won their first Champions League match of the season thanks to a towering header from Harry Maguire to put United in front and a stunning save from Andre Onana to deny Jordan Larsson from the 12-yard-box.  Onana's catlike reflex paid dividend as he guessed the right way and dived perfectly to twat Larsson mistimed spot kick. In winning the game, Manchester United's last-minute save has proven to be a deciding factor. In the past, both players have been mocked for their shortcomings at United. Pundits mocked Maguire as a joke, Manchester United fans made caricature of him and later, he was demoted by the manager. To further complicate issues, Maguire was stripped off the captain armband and demoted to fourth choice defender. But instead of leaving Manchester United because of endless gossip, backbiting or mockery from fans and commentators, Maguire stayed back to fight for his place and prove to his countless doubters that he is still an A-list defender. 

Six wins, 2 draws and no defeat after 8 games played, Tottenham Hotpsur are living the dream and slowing turning doubters into believers. When Tottenham lost their best player to Bayern Munich, nobody would have imagined they'd go on a serious pursuit of the title.  But it was a huge blessing in disguise for him to leave. Now there is a shared responsibility among the players to score goals.  With Harry Make gone, everyone is accountable for each and every decision they make on the pitch and must prove to their manager Ange Postecoglou that they deserve to be in the team. That added pressure coupled with the manager's tactical innovation has made Spurs a far better to watch and much more difficult team to beat.  Fulham will be tough to beat but Spurs will win the game. Presumptuous you might think but from the evidence on display, 'not through VAR though', it shows that Spurs are the real deal. Spurs can actually be champions.  It's understandable if you are doubtin

What could have been...?? The tree dotted line and question marks are there for you to ponder a future of Neymar actualizing his potentials and reaching the top of the game.  Neymar had it all to become the greatest player of all time if only he listened to the late Pele who saw similarities with him and urged him to work much harder and party less.  Rather than listen to late Pele who is without doubt (the greatest player of all time and still the only player to have ever won three World Cups), Neymar dabbled from one controversy to other, suffered avoidable injuries and then made decisions that will stagnate his promising career.  His craziest decision was to ditch Barcelona for the riches of PSG. That disastrous move ensured he will never be deemed good enough to win the FIFA World Best Player or the Ballon d'Or.  Off course, the wages been offered to him was insanely high but, similar offers were made to Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and even Luis Suarez which they all reject

The evenly contested match between Scotland and Spain seems to have created a big problem for Liverpool football club whose fans and manager watched as Andrew Robertson trudge out of the pitch with his arm cradle in shirt after a horrific challenge with Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon.  The marauding left back has dislocated his shoulder and is now set be sidelined for two months. His absence will be certainly felt by Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff who rate him highly. Why?  Robertson is the Premier League's most creative fullback (with 54 assists- a Premier League record).  Trent Alexander Arnold might edge him with freekicks, long diagonal passes and long-distance shoots on goals but defensively, Robertson is far superior. With Robertson expected to be ruled out for two months, Liverpool must now depend on Kostas Tsimikas to fill the void.  The self-proclaimed 'Greek Scouser', does possess the prerequisite skillsets to rival any left back in the world but his major chall

It's over, after a failed and awful campaign with Real Madrid, Eden Hazard has retired from football. His time at Real Madrid was marred with injuries, fitness issues and inconsistencies which sadly that forced Carlo Ancelotti to bench the Belgium captain more often than he would like.  Hazard never envisaged in his career that he would go on from been the Premier League's best player to an average bench warming player at the Santiago Bernebau. He would never have believed that Real Madrid will strip him off his confidence, force him to both physical and mental rehabilitation and finally, retire him.  But Real Madrid aren't to blame solely for Hazard's demise, the diminutive playmaker was also at fault for his own pathetic display.  Arriving overweight - Cristiano Ronaldo once said: "Talent without consistent hard work is nothing. If you don't work hard, your talent will go to waste". That statement was a warming to Hazard.  His decision to skip the hard y

Juventus have reportedly notified Paul Pogba that his current earning will be splashed from  € 10m-a- year to just  € 2000-a-month. Pogba failed a drug test and was subsequently banned for all sports related activities as investigation on goes.  The ban was further increased after the B sample he provided following a Seria A game with Udinese on August 20 also come back positive.  Sadly, there's a growing possibility that Juventus who just sent Pogba a letter informing him of his reduced wages might terminate his contract if found guilty of doping offences at a sporting trial.  But in-spite of the troubling waters, Pogba is still confident that the ban will be reduced because the substance he tested for is not testosterone itself, but rather the testosterone-boosting hormone DHEA.  What really happened to Paul Pogba?  Since leaving Manchester United in an unceremonious way, Paul Pogba has massively struggled to play consistent football.  His form has been erratic, fitness brittle a

There's a reason why Cristiano Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, some ardent fans of his even believe he is far superior to a particular Argentinean based in America.  Ronaldo's achievement is unmatched, he has won the biggest trophies in history, created over 173 individual records and leads the race in the number of goals scored in both local and international football. A player of such remarkable qualities should never be compared to a kid.  Comparing him to Jude Bellingham is unfair to the English starlet who is beginning to discover another facet of his game which is scoring goals on a consistent streak. Jude has found the net in 10 consecutive games in his first 10 matches for Real Madrid.  What a way to adjust a super talented team.  Jude goal scoring prowess was made possible by Carlo Ancelotti who saw other managers failed to see in him, which is his instinct to score, good positioning in front of goal and good dribbling skills to evade ta