Ballon d’Or 2021: Organizers react to Messi’s suggestion to award Lewandowski

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Ballon d’Or organizers have reacted to Messi&&num;8217&semi;s suggestion to award Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski the 2020 Ballon d’ Or award <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--c-contrast-800&rpar;&semi;">for his performance last year&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14243" style&equals;"width&colon; 650px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14243" class&equals;"wp-image-14243 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;messi-b&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Organizers react to Messi’s suggestion to award Lewandowski" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"473" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-14243" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Organizers react to Messi’s suggestion to award Lewandowski<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Speaking on the development&comma; the organizers of Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or organizers stated that they are thinking of awarding Robert Lewandowski the 2020 Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or award&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">According to the organizers&comma; Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or was not organized last year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi; color&colon; var&lpar;--c-contrast-800&rpar;&semi;">Robert Lewandoski was the favorite to win last year&&num;8217&semi;s award having won the treble with Bayern and finishing as the tournament&&num;8217&semi;s highest goal scorer&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14245" style&equals;"width&colon; 625px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14245" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-14245" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;lewandoski&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"410" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-14245" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Organizers react to Messi’s suggestion to award Lewandowski<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Robert&comma; you deserve your Ballon d’Or&period; Last year&comma; everyone was in agreement to say that you were the big winner of this award&comma;” Messi had said after receiving his seventh Ballon d’ Or&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">However&comma; France Football editor-in-chief Pascal Ferré stated in response to the news that Lewandowski is open to the possibility&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">What Messi said was nice and clever&period; I think we do not have to make very quick decisions&period; We can think about it and at the same time we should respect the history of the Ballon d’Or&comma; which is based on voting&comma;” Ferré told Watson via Bulinews&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi; font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;We can’t be sure if Lewandowski would have won the Ballon D’Or last year&period; We can’t know because there was no vote&period; But&comma; to be honest&comma; Lewandowski would have had a great chance of winning last year&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;