Ballon d’Or 2023: Top six favourites to win award after Champions League conclusion revealed

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, is still the favourite to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or ahead of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland despite the Citizens’ historic treble success this season.

Messi recently announced that after securing back-to-back French Ligue 1 title wins with Paris Saint-Germain he is leaving the Parisians to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent. His season also included Argentina’s World Cup win as the former Barcelona captain was named player of the tournament in Qatar last December.According to Paddy Power, the 35-year-old is 8/15 favourite to bag his eighth individual prestigious award.

Messi is ahead of Haaland and his Man City teammate Kevin De Bruyne, who are listed as 11/8 and 11/1, respectively to win the Ballon d’Or, which is handed out later in the year. Outside the top three candidates to win the Ballon d’Or this year, current Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema is next on the list and ranked at 80/1 to win the gong.

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