Mario Balotelli believes “it is not impossible” for him to win the Ballon d’Or in the near future if he stays injury-free.
The former Liverpool forward returned
from a calf problem to play the first half of Nice’s 2-1 Europa League
win over Krasnodar on Thursday evening.
The Italy international has enjoyed an excellent start to life in France, having scored six goals in six Ligue 1 matches.
His side currently sit three points
clear of Monaco at the top of the table, and face third-place Paris
Saint-Germain in the weekend’s big clash on Sunday night.
Cristiano Ronaldo remains the heavy
favourite to win this year’s Ballon d’Or, awarded to the best player in
the world, but Balotelli, who has declared himself fit to face PSG,
still hopes to win it one day himself.
“Ronaldo and [Lionel] Messi are in this moment the best and nobody’s like them. Impossible,” he told Chinese media.
“But if I had a good year, without injury and [fully] focused, I think it’s not impossible [for me] to win.
“But even if one day I win, I think Ronaldo and Messi are the best because they won four or five times.”
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