Lionel Messi may have been overlooked for the three-man shortlist for FIFA's The Best award ahead of Monday's awards ceremony in ...
Lionel Messi may have been overlooked for the three-man shortlist for FIFA's The Best award ahead of Monday's awards ceremony in London, but former teamate Samuel Eto'o believes the Barcelona superstar's standing as the greatest player ever isn't in doubt.
Messi was included in the FIFPro World XI, but it was Real Madrid's Luka Modric who won the main prize to end the Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo duopoly of the award.
The Croatia midfielder won with 29 percent of the votes, coming in ahead of Ronaldo (19 percent), Mohamed Salah (11.2 percent) and Kylian Mbappe (10 percent).
Messi, who skipped the ceremony, received only nine percent of the votes, but Eto'o doesn't believe the award will overshadow the Argentinian's standing in the world game.
"Leo, for us, will always be the best player in the world ever," Eto'o told journalists, as per AS.
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