Adrien Rabiot dropped Lionel Messi from the Ballon d'Or race

Argentina defeated the

national team in the penalty shootout in the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and became the world champion. Lionel Messi, who became the world champion with Argentina, has the best chance to win the 2023 the Ballon d'Or, but Adrien Rabiot, the midfielder of the France national team, believes that Messi will not win the Ballon d'Or.

"I hear a lot of people saying Messi will win it,"

Rabiot told RMC Sport.

"But on a sporting level, it will be between Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland. Saying which one of those two will be difficult, depends what it’s based on. No one ever agrees, but it will be between those two. I exclude everyone else."

Lionel Messi joined Inter Miami after the end of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain.

On October 30, there will be a ceremony where the 2023 Ballon d'Or winner will be revealed.

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