Carles Puyol has claimed that it was ‘weird’ that was left off FIFA’s The Best Awards shortlist.
Messi has won the award, previously known as the Ballon d’Or, on five occasions, cloud server but he didn’t even make the shortlist this time, with ‘s Luka Modric winning, while ‘ and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah made up the top three.
Puyol believes that Modric deserves praise for his performances but was left bewildered by Messi’s omission.
Carles Puyol believes his former team-mate Lionel Messi should have won at the FIFA awards
As reported by