One of the most prominent stars in the international women's game Canada's Janine Beckie has criticised FIFA's Best Award after Alexia Putellas claimed the award for 2022.
Putellas retained the Best FIFA Women's Player award she won last year, beating American forward Alex Morgan and Arsenal and England winger Beth Mead in the final three. Mead eventually finished third in the voting, with Barcelona's Putellas topping the chart with 50 points, earned from the number of votes which come from a selection of national team coaches, captains and media.
But former Man City forward Beckie, capped over 100 times by Canada, didn't agree with the decision. The 28-year-old took to Twitter to state that she believed Mead, who was the top scorer and Player of the Tournament as England won Euro 2022, was a more deserving winner.
