Ballon d’Or: Henry backs Benzema and this Chelsea star to win

With the winner of this Ballon d’Or award to be unveiled in a matters of days from now, former Arsenal star Thierry Henry has tipped Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante to win.

Henry made this statement as he picked Benzema and Kante ahead of his former teammate Lionel Messi, who has already won six of the awards and is favourites to win this year again.

Messi will compete with the likes of Benzema, Kante, Chelsea’s Jorginho, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, among others.

Speaking on who should win the Ballon d’ Or this year, Henry said in an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche, “Let’s be realistic, I hope it can be him Karim Benzema or N’Golo Kante. Robert Lewandowski would have been elected in 2020 if it had not been cancelled.

“We can also talk about Jorginho because he won everything [Champions League and Euro 2020]. And there is Leo [Messi] who finally won the Copa America.”

The winner of this year’s Ballon d’ Or will be unveiled on November 29.