When it comes to the world’s best football players, there’s no dilemma in the last year or two (if you’re a Ballon d’Or believer or you’re biased for some reason, please skip the following few lines).Erling Haaland and Robert Lewandowski have put on some sensational, and what’s even more important, consistent performances that made them stand out of the rest by far. And it’s been anything but a two-horse race in terms of excellency. Yes, even Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not even close to their levels, despite the fact the former was named the world’s top men’s player at the recent Ballon d’Or rewards.Lewa hits out on Messi for his “empty words” at the Ballon d’Or ceremonyHaaland was recently named in the team of the year at the recent FIFA Best Awards, where Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski was named as the top men’s player.FIFA did what France Football failed to do – they named Robert Lewandowski The BestAsked what his selections would have been, Haaland said to Sky Sports: “That’s a good question, but I think you would have to say Lewandowski number one, then you have, for me, Benzema has also been amazing, but Messi has also been outstanding – so Benzema and Messi in shared second and third place.”‘Haaland? We have Lewandowski, he’s gonna score 30 goals for a few more years’Haaland has scored 80 goals in 79 appearances since joining Dortmund from RB Salzburg two years ago, but the 21-year-old striker says he is determined to get even better.”I think I can improve on everything,” he said.”If you say I am good at finishing, I can improve my finishing a lot. I can become faster, so I can improve that. I can become stronger, so I can improve that.THU: 22.45: (2.35) CLUB BRUGGE (3.40) ST. GILLOISE (3.00)”But if I should improve one thing, it would be to not get injured, because if I am not injured, I will play a lot more games, and I will deliver even better. If you were to ask what my goals are for 2022, it is to not be injured, and the rest of my career goals are not to be injured. That’s the main thing.”
