The midfielder has been sidelined with an injury for the better part of the season but is due to return to action for the European champions in the coming days, per Goal.
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Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, who is the current holder of the award, has been left out. Messi and Ronaldo have shared the prize five times apiece over the past decade.
"If we vote on the quality of the player, then the only thing left is to distribute all the trophies for Messi and Ronaldo as long as they are actively playing and to abandon any vote."
Four-time African Footballer of the Year, Samuel Eto'o, has named former Barcelona teammate, Andres Iniesta, as the greatest player he ever played with.
Messi, 35, and Ronaldo, 38, have dominated world football over the course of the past two decades and have won plenty of trophies. However, the duo have come in for criticism recently due to their career decisions.
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Sharing the video that captured the moment of interaction between Rema and the football stars, Tunde Ednut wrote: "Rema, Nigeria is proud of you. He shook the world's best, but didn't shake Messi. Chai, Maybe he didn't see Messi."
The song which is produced by Da Piano sees Wande Coal flexing his vocals on the verse and proving once again that he is actually the "Music Messiah". DJ Neptune wrote; #Greatness x @wandecoal - Music Messiah Out. Link in my BIO.
He shared a snippet from the music video and directed people to watch the full video via the link on his bio. The video for "Music Messiah" was shot by Director Dindu while the song was produced by Dapiano. Watch below.
The Ivorian is among the most decorated African players in history winning the Player of the year award four times in his career before retiring from national duty.
And interestingly the footballer played for Barcelona's bitter rivals, Real Madrid. "I don't ask for shirts. If there is an Argentine, I will swap with an Argentine," explained the 29-year-old.
The 21-year-old has made an impressive start to the season and Zidane has clearly been impressed to laud his performances. Asensio said that the Frenchman has compared him to Messi, who is arguably the best player in the world.
Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah has been crowned the FIFA best goal of the season. The Egyptian forward beat competition from Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and nine other contenders in the category.