10 most unlikely Ballon d’Or nominees of all time including Iraq icon who rivalled Kaka and Papa Bouba Diop

LIONEL MESSI landed an incredible SEVENTH Ballon d’Or award during Monday night’s glitzy ceremony in Paris. He now leads Cristiano Ronaldo by two in the race for the most Ballon d’Ors, and beat Robert Lewandowski to this year’s prize. 9 Messi won a seventh Ballon d’Or on Monday Credit: AFP 9 Iranian hero Mahmoud is a previous nominee Credit: Reuters This year’s nominees boasted some of the biggest names in the game with the likes of Mohamed Salah, Kevin de Bruyne, N’Golo Kante, Karim Benzema and Jorginho all up for the award. And this year’s stacked shortlist is a far… Read Full Article