I was thinking about this for awhile, and was wondering if anyone else felt that people are hesitant to award Premier League players with the credit they deserve?
Eg. Am I crazy or was Haaland not winning the Ballon D’or really disrespectful towards the Premier League?
He set the goals record, and won the treble.
You Look over the list of winners and in the premier league era only Michael Owen and Ronaldo have ever won it while playing for a premier league team.
How did Henry not win it in 2003?
I feel like now that he is dominating a much poorer league Harry Kane is finally getting the respect he deserves.
Jude Bellingham is getting bonus credit for doing it for Real Madrid.
It is not a Premier League thing. It’s a Messi/Ronaldo thing. Messi has won it in years where arguably someone else deserved it more. I know he won the world cup, but I personally don’t care about trophies. Someone either was the best footballer on the pitch or not. By this logic Haaland will never win anything because he plays for Norway. People who focus too much on prices basically someone like Erling Haaland is never the best footballer because he didn’t win a worldcup.
Messi didn’t play that well for PSG. Argentina didn’t play the prettiest football during the world cup either. And now he plays for Inter Miami. The man gets the Ballon D’Or just because of his name and legacy.