Lewandowski could win Ballon d'Or as France Football editor 'thinks about' Messi plea

On Monday night, for a record-extending 7th time, Argentine sensation Lionel Messi was awarded football's most prestigious award -  Ballon d’Or. He pipped likes of Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema to claim award.

In fact, in his acceptance speech, Messi mentioned Lewandowski and said that it had been an hour to compete with him and that France Football should award Polish striker Ballon d'Or for 2020 after a sensational season that saw him score goals for fun.

"I’d like to mention Robert, it’s been a real hour to compete with him. I think France Football should award you your 2020 Ballon d’Or, you deserved it." Messi said on st after receiving his 7th Ballon d'Or.

re might be a chance w for France Football to award Bayern Munich star Lewandowski 2020 Ballon d'Or after editor-in-chief Pascal Ferré admitted to being open to possibility of same.

Lewandowski could be awarded 2020 Ballon d'Or

Ferre has said that France Football would think about it but cautioned that history of Ballon d'Or should be respected, as it is awarded based on voting. Ferre said that that Robert Lewandowski would have had a great chance of winning award had re been a voting but insisted that it was never a surety.

He told Watson via Bulinews: "What Messi said was nice and clever. I think we do t have to make very quick decisions. We can think about it and at same time, we should respect history of Ballon d'Or, which is based on voting. We can't be sure if Lewandowski would have won Ballon D'Or last year. We can't kw because re was vote. But, to be honest, Lewandowski would have had a great chance of winning last year."

re were many people who felt Messi did t deserve award and Robert Lewandowski should have won it instead of Argentine superstar. Toni Kroos, Jurgen Klopp, Lothar Matthaus. Oliver Kahn and Iker Casillas are a few of those who felt award should have gone to someone else or than Lionel Messi.

Im: @FranceFootball/Twitter