It should ultimately go to the player who best influenced his team. To be fair, Messi did have a very significant influence on that Argentina team that won the WC and I suspect that was what got him the gong. Was that unfair when someone like KDB was influencing City week in week out over a season to win the treble? Maybe. But then City were a team with quite a few superstars. Argentina less so. So I can see both sides.
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