Who'll go down as the 3rd best player in Mbappé-Haaland era?

Musiala has the most raw talent and potential imo. But it will definitely interesting to see if someone seriously emerges and challenges those two for Ballon D'ors.

Either Vinicius or Bellingham, I imagine. I'm also excited to see how Rodrygo Goes develops. He hasn't had that burst into the spotlight that Vinicius has had in recent years, but he might turn out to be more of a late bloomer, which seems to be quite common in players with a more mature and calculated approach to the game.

Blue wrote:I hope not Musiala, that would depress the hellva out of me.

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M99 wrote:Actually there's no guarantee these two will be the top wo.

I can see the likes of Vini and Musiala having more CLs/Balon D Ors than them.

Yeah i think there's a good chance football will move away from duopoly, players mentioned in this thread will all have great careers but i don't see any of them standing out as much as Messi in term of Ballon d'Or.

I'm not going to argue against your last claim because you may be right for all I know. Personally, I think it's quite silly to predict future top anything when the most notable contenders for the future top whatever title have a decade left of their respective careers. Either way, I can't help but wonder if you speak from little experience when you say he often goes missing without service. I have noticed the same thing lately, but I don't think a lack of service was something that held him back to this extent at Dortmund, so I can only assume it's related to his instructions at City. It's not like he's not capable of challenging players on his own, but clearly he's not a winger.