Lionel Messi is not the best player in the world, in fact he’s not even in the top three according to FIFA.
The shortlist for FIFA’s ‘The Best’ was announced on Monday, and there’s no room for Messi.
There are also no World Cup winners in the top three either. Instead we get Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah.
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) September 3, 2018
All of this despite Messi winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey, finishing as top goalscorer across Europe and topping just about any other list you can think of with his brilliance.