Messi “loaned” Barcelona his 8th Golden Ball, sensitive reason for not choosing PSG

Lionel Messi won the 8th Golden Ball of his career last year and almost every vote for him was because of Messi’s victory with Argentina at the 2022 World Cup. That was the first championship in his career. Messi and that made journalists consider him a player worthy of winning France Football’s award, a testament to the importance of the World Cup in individual award votes.

Messi has won the Ballon d’Or 8 times and he doesn’t keep any awards at home

During his career, Messi has won many personal awards, but unlike most players, he does not keep those awards in his home or in a personal display. All seven Ballon d’Ors he won during his years with Barca , Messi brought the awards to the club’s museum. Therefore, fans, young players or rookies who come to the Barca museum will be overwhelmed when standing in front of the area displaying Messi’s awards.

Last fall, the press rumored that Messi would have to choose a new place to house his 8th Ballon d’Or winner, because he won this award while playing for Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Miami and Argentina. But recently Messi surprised everyone: his 8th Ballon d’Or was transferred to Barcelona ‘s museum .

According to journalist Miguel Blaquez, choosing to place his newest Ballon d’Or in Barca’s museum is for two reasons. First, Messi wants all the titles he won to stand together instead of having a single award. Furthermore, Barcelona’s display of Messi’s QBVs is due to his permission and he has the right to take them away whenever he wants.

Messi’s 7 former Ballon d’Ors are on display at Barcelona’s museum

Second, Messi and Barcelona are still in love with each other even though they broke up painfully, Barca is still like a second home to Messi. Meanwhile, PSG is not only a short-term stop for Leo, PSG fans today no longer have sympathy for him. Not to mention it is a French team, and it would be very strange if Messi kept his award on the territory of the national team that he and Argentina defeated to win the World Cup.

Messi does not even intend to put the Ballon d’Or on display at the museum of the Argentine Football Association (AFA). He has a good relationship with coach Lionel Scaloni and his teammates, but his disdain for federation officials has not changed since criticizing the AFA’s lack of discipline eight years ago. at Copa America 2016. Messi will not let president Claudio Tapia boast, especially when Tapia and Scaloni recently had a quarrel.