Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: October 2019

#1 Raheem Sterling

They keep writing him off and slating him. Raheem Sterling just keeps being awesome at football and winding them up. The Englishman has been firing on all cylinders ever since last season and continues to keep his numbers and chances of winning the Ballon d'Or up.

He has 3 goals and 2 assists in the month of September and has been in staggering form. Every Fantasy Premier League player's dream signing, Sterling has been sensational and has delivered almost every time he has been called upon by Pep Guardiola.

It is high time we accepted Sterling as one of the best in the business. He made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup with England last year and won the domestic treble with Manchester City by lifting the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.

Ultimately, Sterling could just walk away with the 2019 Ballon d'Or and it would be completely fair.

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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 Arvind Sriram