There have certainly been some hard feelings about former Barcelona man Lionel Messi’s Ballon d’Or win this week. One man who didn’t leave his feelings up in the air was Thomas Mueller.
The Bayern Munich teammate of Robert Lewandowski left no question what he thought of Messi’s win in a post online following the award.
“From a Bavarian, Polish and also from a German point of view, the award of the Ballon d’Or last night was definitely a disappointment. For some, even a little more.
“Although I’ve been in the business for a bit longer and was therefore not really surprised by the outcome (it was similar with Franck Ribéry in 2013), the whole thing has formed a thought in me or solidified it again: we have great players in the Bundesliga and do not have to hide.