Kevin Keegan believes Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo should have been declared joint winners of the FIFA Ballon d Or for the past four years.
Only Andres Iniesta has muscled in on the Barcelona and Real Madrid stars dominance of the top two since 2008, finishing second behind team-mate Messi in 2010.
In total, Messi and Ronaldo have held the prestigious title between them for the past seven years, and former Liverpool and Hamburg man Keegan a two-time winner of the award in its former guise says there should be no need to choose between the pair.
Everyone wants you to say: who do you think is best? , he told www.sc.qa. But I always say: Just think how lucky we are to have two players like this .
“It doesn t happen very often and really they should have shared it for the last four years. You could say joint winners Ronaldo and Messi , because the two of them have been on a different level to everyone.
Messi and Ronaldo are up against Neymar for the 2015 crown, which will be awarded in Zurich on Monday.
I would like to see someone else win it, but I think Messi – it s his turn, added Keegan. [He and Ronaldo] keep swapping it, you have it one year and I ll have it the next .
