Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: November 2019

Modified Nov 05, 2019 13:06 GMT

#1 Lionel Messi

Just Lionel Messi and his best friend having fun

When Lionel Messi decides to turn it up a notch, the world sits back and takes note. October has been one such month, a month where the Argentinian reminded us that he is perhaps the most gifted player to have grazed the football field.

Messi was absolutely unstoppable and operating at a level most players couldn't dream of reaching in their entire careers. Just to put it in context, Messi registered 5 back to back man of the match performances for Barcelona. Just how good is that?

He has 5 goals and 3 assists to his name in the past month and holding individual records worthy of putting others to shame over the past year, Lionel Messi has returned to being our top pick to walk away with the Ballon d'Or next month.

He was particularly menacing in Barcelona's final fixture of October against Real Valladolid where he scored twice and assisted 2 more as La Blaugrana won with 5 goals to 1.

About the author

Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Zaid Khan