Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists that this year's
FIFA Ballon d'Or winner should not be Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo,
but should come from the victorious Germany side that won the 2014
World Cup in Brazil this summer.
Ronaldo and Messi are favourites for the prize -- having picked up
the last five between them; Messi picking up four and Ronaldo winning in
2013 -- but there are also the likes of Angel Di Maria, James Rodriguez
and Gareth Bale to consider.
However, German stars Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Muller, Manuel
Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gotze are also all nominated on the 23-man FIFA shortlist, but Van Gaal insists that one should walk away with the prize.
"You always have to win something and the best thing to win is the
World Championship," Van Gaal told MUTV. "I hope it shall be a German
player because they deserve it.
"In Germany, the level of the matches in the Bundesliga is also very high."
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