Jed wrote:
Led his country to a World Cup final in a tournament where he was the best player, and was a crucial member of a CL winning team. Enough merit as far as I'm concerned.
Agree on Griezmann and Mbappe being ahead of Messi, farcical.
Modric won on the technicality that there were no real star performances at WC.
I equate Modric's performances to those of Xavi in his Barca days.
World class but not the best player in the calendar year.
Sure he was Croatia's best player in helping them get to the final but they got there with a lot of help from Perisic, Rebic, Mandzukic, and not forgetting Rakitic who sacrificed his normal game to play the very important "water-carrier" role.
