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Lionel Messi Solidifies His Legacy With 6th Ballon d’Or

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Source: Statista

After having been named the Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year in September, Lionel Messi completed his double Monday night by being awarded the Ballon d’Or as well. After Real Madrid’s Luka Modric had ended the decade-long reign of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi over football’s most prestigious individual prize last year, things went back to normal with Messi’s win on Monday.

Following four consecutive wins between 2009 and 2012 and another one in 2015, Messi took home his sixth Ballon d’Or this year, elevating him above Cristiano Ronaldo, his only near equal in terms of career achievements – certainly in the current generation of players and arguably in the history of soccer.

Netting 36 league goals in the 2018/19 season, Messi was key to Barcelona’s title-winning campaign in La Liga and also helped his team to another Champions League semi-final, where he scored twice in the first leg before crashing out in spectacular fashion in the return leg at Anfield Road. Barcelona’s failure to win the Champions League last season is also what drew some criticism to Messi’s Ballon d’Or triumph this year, as many had expected Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk to win.

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Ill-discipline has a price at Chelsea

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Frank Lampard is running a tight ship at Chelsea and he has imposed a strict disciplinary regime on his young squad. An internal list of player fines was leaked to the Daily Mail and it is understood to be authentic. Being late is something Lampard simply won’t tolerate and fines for being late for meetings start at £500, a sum the offender would have to pay every minute up to his arrival. Being late for medical appointments and treatment come to £2,500.

A player arriving late for training would have to fork over £20,000. If that wasn’t enough, any fine outstanding fine not paid after 14 days gets doubled. Despite the seemingly heavy fines, most Chelsea players will be able to deal with an offense comfortably due to their huge salaries. For example, goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and midfielder Ngolo Kante are believed to earn £150,000 a week.

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