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Ex-Chelsea captain Hazard: Messi or Mbappe for Ballon d'Or?

Former Chelsea captain Eden Hazard feels Lionel Messi should win the Ballon d'Or tonight.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi believes that Kylian Mbappé deserves the award.

But it is Messi, who led Argentina to World Cup gold last winter, who is the big favourite and Hazard thinks it's obvious that Inter Miami's star will win.

"It would not be logical not to give the Ballon d'Or to the best player in history in the year he won the World Cup," the 32-year-old told Telefoot.

Hazard, who recently announced his retirement, said Mbappé would have won the award if France had won the World Cup final.

"Without a doubt, 100 percent!"

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