Craig Burley, Frank Leboeuf and Stewart Robson join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to react to the 2026 Ballon d’Or shortlist and Lamine Yamal’s comments on the award.
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EL MUPPETO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It should be Lamine or Mbappe
messi forever!
Stop including messi , it's total disrespectful , fifa denied leo the golden ball , 2 some players not even in 30 man list for the balloon dors , globalisation of football isn't surprise this was how Henry was denied the balloon dors journalist vote rubbish base on corruption
only worthy to lift that Mjolnir is Thor Messi 🙌🏻😊🤌🏼
It’s none other than GOAT
Surprised to see Mané on the list… Whilst I like him, still a surprise.
The more Frank and Burley speak the more hypocrisy of not caring comes out. Infact,they do care.
This Ballon dor would loss it touch if Kane wins it, Kane is a good goal scorer, feed by skill players like musiala, olise etc. A ballond do winner should have skill, goals and win trophies Kane is not just scores. Lamine skill and goal,
Erling Haaland deserves to win it. He’s been breaking records left and right and he’s been in peak form all season long and he carried Norway on his back during the World Cup.
Why Messi is on this list?
Frank go retire and don't talk nonsense in this panel
My Ranking….1. Kane, 2. Yamal, 3. Mbappe, 4. Messi, 5. Halaand
What you heared from everybody
WE KNOW WHO WAS THE BEST IN WORLD CUP 2026
AND WE KNOW WHO IS THE BEST IN MLS .
MESSI DESERVES IT FOR SURE
Mbappe was tied with Messi in the World Cup in points going into the final game. Then he got to pad his statistics in a meaningless game against a porous and unmotivated England defence, still lost the game and has nothing to show for two years at Real. Sorry he ain't a Ballon Dor winner. His Golden Boot does not have the Wow factor that Messi had carrying an average team into the final. It has to be Messi.
If someone who won nothing outside of his Mickey Mouse league got the Ballon D'or, then football is dead. He can score 100 goals in the Mickey Mouse league that no one outside watch, as long as he won nothing outside it, he don't deserve it.
What a shameful contradiction…you don’t care but you also know he was injured and shouldn’t be on the ballon Dior list. Nonsense!!! What kinda analyst at your level doesn’t know what’s happening in La Liga or other leagues. Please bring me Alejandro Moreno and dismiss this nonsense
Lol…Kane glazed by this panel who then turn around and pan Bayern bundesliga as non- competitive. Too funny. Kane the 'sentimental' choice; for the sport, a young phenom like Yamal; but likely Mbappé
Messi, of course. Actually they should just give him the Super Ballon d’Or. All the other players don’t do anything for me. Can careless to watch them.
I hate this new Spain team. they have no respect for football. These idiots were carrying world cup in a plastic garbabe bag. I know its new generation but they should never forget the roots and respect footbal and world cup.
This balled French guy is so arrogant and so confused about everything he says. all he cares about France. this guy should be out of this show since he makes stupid and dumb prediction also. Argentina spain 4-0 what a stupidity. And after france lost his face looked like he would cry anytime. its not about only goals, it also matter at what situation. many factors.
Lamine Yamal is the BEST player in the world.
It should definitely be either Kane or Mbappe. If Tuchels dmbassss decided to play Kane, he would've won the Golden boot.
Messi is the great
Messi deserves 1000% more than any in the list ❤❤❤. M10
mbappe 73 g/a vs kane 73 g/a
Messi will not attend , but he will definitely cast his vote for Kane congratulations Harry Kane
Kane cannot win golden boot when Mbappe is around. Mbappe showed it in the ucl and the wc where Kane also played.
🐐 39 years old
📊 Highest rating for Ballon d'r 9.5/10
📊 75 goal contributions in 49 matches for Inter Miami + Argentina, according to the Ballon d'Or shortlist coverage.
🏆 Won the MLS Cup with Inter Miami.
🇦🇷 Took Argentina to the 2026 World Cup final
⚽ 8 goals + 4 assists at the World Cup — 12 goal contributions. FIFA's official stats confirm that output.
🥇 He was also MLS MVP in 2025 and won the MLS Golden Boot.
Harry Kane deserves it more than mbappé broo
,la liga player of the year wins la liga World Cup what else
This is the most stupid question ever.
No doubt man, LAMINE YAMAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
World Champion!!! excellent La Liga performance.
Captain at 19 of one of the biggest football clubs in the world.
The skills he has, no one else have it.
What Mbappe or Dembélé did yet, nothing compared to Lamine Yamal. They didnt help France at all. Spain smashed them mostly because of the team work of a particular player who was told for the world cup to play as team, Lamine. That was the reason he didnt shine, but contributed to the performance of Spain to win the cup.
VOTE for Lamine Yamal, he is a truly champion!!!!!!!!!! good player, humble, mature, and friendly, and cool, and has a girlfriend.
Super cette interview de Yamal ! Donnez le à 11 joueurs gardien défenseur milieu attaquants. Aucun joueur n'est au dessus des autres depuis 3 ans.
All of you are a fool for not adding Haaland
The Yamal hate from Frank
Messi, just for his performance in the 2026 World Cup, and taking an uncertain Argentina team yet again to the final
Will go to Messi…parting gift as they always did. Cheats and PR.
Not having mikel oyarzabal in the list is kinda sad. He was exceptional in wc. Also in club matches. Such an underrated guy
They talk as if kylian was playing for a small team incapable of winning anything lol. He plays for real and France ffs.
Yamal has been more influential in the game than kane , even in the wc they drew their first game without him , he is the undisputed winner
Crazy that mbappe not first it’s just crazy if harry Kane gets it
Lamine handled that with confidence and class. No need for drama his performances on the pitch speak loud enough.
Harry should win because they guy worked very hard scored most goals . polite among great thinkers of football . he is now 33 old closing down football . i think its the right person Hary kane
Which world cup players were man marked with two to three players? Only 18 yrs old boy Lamine, what about league matches? Give ballon d'or to well deserved Lamine.
What are you people saying? Lamine removed: Ronaldo, Mbappe and Messi from world and even won final. What was Spain first meeting in a world cup? Answer: draw; but Lamine started the next games and unlished Spain from that. Even scored the first goal for Spain to open the winning reign.
Messi should win
Haha, you Brits are kidding yourselves! Don't get me wrong, I love Harry Kane, but the best player in the world this year was Mbappé—by a long shot. He’s the one who scored the most goals at the World Cup, in La Liga, AND in the Champions League. Yamal is cute, but he doesn't deliver when it counts—plain and simple. Maybe in the future, if he doesn't let it go to his head quite so much…