Lionel Messi will win the Ballon d'Or 2023 and this post confirms it

The 2023 Ballon d'Or ceremony is getting closer and closer. France Football will present the award on Monday, October 30, and in the days leading up to it, the event continues to pulse, which for many will have Lionel Messi as the winner. La Pulga was nominated again after being absent in the last edition, which was won by Karim Benzema, but now he returned with everything and is the great favorite.

Now, this Monday, the official Ballon d'Or account made a post that many interpreted as a clear nod to Messi. And they published a video with a loading bar with the percentage 44. Social media users began to look for matches with Leo and more than one appeared. On the one hand, the sum of the two numbers gives eight, which is the number of awards that '10' would have if it is awarded in a few weeks. However, that number is also the number of titles that the man from Rosario has, which makes him the most successful footballer in history.

Likewise, it is worth remembering that the delivery will be on October 30, the same day as Diego Armando Maradona's birthday, so the ceremony will have an Argentine touch in itself. The other world champions nominated are Emiliano Martínez, Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez, although none of them have a real chance of aspiring to the award. The favorite is Messi and the only one who could take him away is Erling Haaland.

Messi will stretch his record over Cristiano Ronaldo

The two players used to compete head to head to see who won more than the other. However, in recent years Leo has made a big difference and now the score is 7-5 in his favor. Now, he could win his eighth in the edition that CR7 was not even nominated for. La Pulga, for its part, had not been part of the list in last year's installment.