Bernardo Silva chose the best player today and it is not Vinicius Jr or Haaland

The Ballon d'Or is the award given to the best player in the world today. Lionel Messi is the footballer who has won this award the most times with seven and Cristiano Ronaldo occupies the second position. Now there are two players who claim this throne for their great moment, these are Vinicius Jr and Erling Haaland.

Bernardo Silva is one of Manchester City's best players, the midfielder is extremely talented and his coach Pep Guardiola puts him in most games. The Citizens can win three championships this season.

Bernardo Silva has great respect for his teammate Erling Haaland and admires Vinicius Jr, these two footballers have shown great performance this season and can win the Ballon d'Or, but the Portuguese thinks there is a player who is above them and deserves this award. This is Lionel Messi.

"Ballon d'Or winner? Right now I would say Messi because he won the World Cup. Later, if City win the Champions League, Haaland can also be said. And if Madrid wins the Champions League, you can say Vinicius Júnior, who has had a very good season. You have to wait, you have to wait for the end of the season to find out who wins the Champions League and the championships."

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«If, for example, Haaland wins the Premier and the Champions League, we can put it in the discussion. He is very open with these three or four players (Messi, Haaland, Vinicius and Mbappé). Mbappé, for example, lost the World Cup final. Kylian will be on top (in the voting), but he won't win it this year, because Messi won the World Cup. Kylian, too, has already lost the Champions League. He is between Messi and maybe the guy who wins the Champions League. There are 3 or 4 players who can win it," said the Portuguese all-rounder, in an interview for L'Equipe.