Arsenal skipper Cesc wanted Messi to beat Man Utd's Ronaldo for Ballon d'Or

Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas didn't want Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo to win this year's Ballon d'Or.

The former Barcelona trainee had hoped good friend Lionel Messi would pip the Portuguese ace for the gong.

"Cristiano's season was spectacular, but I would have liked to have seen what Messi did recognised, because he is my friend," said the Spain international midfielder.

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Comments (26)

cannavaro won fifa player of da year 2006 bcz he won da world cup n also he was at his best too
italy only concead 2 goals in world cup so he deserved tht one
n also messi vl be 2nd in ballon d or

hehe he's just jealous of Cr7, well actually all are apart from the united players!! every1 that faces Ronaldo goes thro enormous amount of pain so they start talking jibbershizzle... anywyas up urs Cesc, you're jibbershizzle proved ur a Looser.... rosicky is better then you, actually even silvester is better then you, maybe no in football, but in real life they all sure are coz u talk jibbershizzle.... Cr7 gt 48something votes and messi got his half, ur opinion is crap coz even ur whole family'e vote wud not help messi overtake Cr7... hehhe lol what a sucker!!

Well, in that case.... the only reason you wanted Messi to win was becasue he is "your friend", i wanted mikael silvestre to win it because he's "french".