Superstar footballer Lionel Messi has reportedly donated his eighth Ballon d’Or award to the Barcelona museum.
According to Spanish journalist Miquel Blázquez, Messi, who now plays for Inter Miami, decided to give away his eighth Ballon d’Or to the Barcelona Museum. In a post on X, Blázquez wrote, “Leo Messi has donated his eighth Ballon d’Or to the Barça museum. Although he did not win it as a Barça footballer, the Argentine star has made the gesture of giving it up so that it can be displayed along with the other seven he has won. Impossible not to miss him. #FCBarcelona.”
The Argentine captain Lionel Messi won his record eighth Ballon d’Or in October 2023, surpassing Norway’s UEFA Player of the Year and treble winner Erling Haaland. Messi left the La Liga giants in 2021 to join Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent. After spending two seasons in France, the 36-year-old opted to pursue his American dream in Major League Soccer last summer.
