Arsenal boss Wenger: Barcelona’s Messi worthy Ballon d’Or winner

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 03:32

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Barcelona star Lionel Messi is a worthy Ballon d'Or winner.

Wenger says the result was a "logical" decision and that any one of the top three could have walked away as European Footballer of the Year 2009.

"I would say Messi, Xavi or Ronaldo," Wenger told arsenal.com. "Because Xavi for me was the best passer in Europe.

"He had the best final ball in Europe on the statistics and you want that to be rewarded as well."

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