5 reasons why Lionel Messi will win 2 more Ballon d’Or awards

#3 Barca glory

More of these will get him more Ballon d'Ors

Barcelona thought that they could bully anyone into submitting to their demands. They tried it on Paris Saint-Germain over Marco Verratti. What happened in return only left Barcelona fuming and humiliated: Neymar’s release clause of €222 million was activated and the Brazilian voyaged to the shores of France.

At that point, Madrid had already completed a double and were looking stronger than ever. No one really thought that Barcelona could win anything for the next couple of years at least, which would also coincide with Messi’s best years.

However, they made one of the greatest comebacks with Ernesto Valverde at the helm. They are currently leading the league and are 19 points ahead of their arch-rivals Real Madrid. In the Champions League, they will face Chelsea with a reinforced defence as the very talented Yerry Mina was acquired a few days ago.

In the league, they will have Coutinho’s footballing abilities, which just consolidates their place as the favourites. And we are yet to see a fully-fit Ousmane Dembele ripping apart defences in Barca colours.

All of this with Messi in the middle. The future is bright for Barcelona and Lionel Messi.