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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Victor

Sam Allardyce snubs Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe with World Cup Golden Ball preference

Former England manager Sam Allardyce ranks Antoine Griezmann as the best player at the 2022 World Cup, ahead of superstars Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

Atletico Madrid playmaker Griezmann has been used in a deeper role in Qatar after top-scoring for champions France in 2018. The 31-year-old has yet to score at this year's tournament, though he had a goal against Tunisia chalked off following a VAR check, but has linked up play well and assisted both goals in the quarter-final victory over England.

Messi and Mbappe lead the goal charts with five apiece and one of the Paris Saint-Germain stars is likely to end the tournament as top-scorer. However, despite those two capturing most of the headlines, Allardyce believes no one matches Griezmann.

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