How on earth is the golden ball more valuable? It used to be but not anymore , I am not sure how you can say something in which there are 50 nominees is somehow more valuable than something in which is narrowed to what is considered to be the best 3 in the world.
The European player of the year aka as the gloden ball has been devalued of late to be honest ever since it stopped been for European players but now includes everyone who plays in Europe , its almost now like Uefa cup to world's player of the year CL
Even when Owen won it , it was not such as big a deal in England compared to the anticipation of whether Beckham would win world's player of the year in 1999
Nedved ought to have been there in my view and to be honest I am not too sure about Henry
Lets face it he was part of the Arsenal side which choked in the premiership to had over the title to Man united, he was not the leading goal scorer in the league , that was Ruud , Arsenal did not even get to the quarters of Cl, he did not score the winning goal in Fa cup
If Arsenal do actually go out , of the Cl which they can still do, his heriocs in the san siro would be meaningless
How many times last season , did ronaldo drag Real out of a mess with his goals and he did actually win La Liga
Henry mostly shone while his team were on top and was no where to be found while they struggled to hold on to their championship, while you might say its not the team that counts but the individual, football is a team sport and you cannot be the best if you somehow cannot inspire your team to win the league or Cl or not even be top goal scorer. He had I think the same amount of goals with that donkey , James Beattie and even this season he is trainling Shearer who is 33 and is playing in a vastly inferior team
Every neutral fan in England would tell you the best player last season in England was Ruud anyways
Zidane is the worlds finest player so to be the man you have to beat the man, I guess
And in the best game last season Real vs Man united , in a match full of stars, he stoood head and shoulders above the rest and he did in fact help Real Madrid to win the league