Messi is out of the list of nominees for the Ballon d’Or award, and Benzema is the most prominent
The Argentine star Lionel Messi, the French player of Paris Saint-Germain, was absent from the list of 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, in a precedent of its kind in 16 years, while Real Madrid striker, French Karim Benzema, is the most prominent candidate to win the award. Messi, last year’s award winner, has…