Record winner Messi snubbed by Ballon d'Or organizers

The Argentine will have no chance to retain his crown in 2022

France Football caused shock on Friday by omitting the award's current holder Lionel Messi from the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or for the first time since 2005.

Messi scooped football's highest individual honor for a record seventh time in 2021, yet an unflattering season where he managed just 11 goals at new club Paris Sa