![bet365 on Twitter: "Fernando Torres in 2008: 41 goals for club & country including the winner in the Euro 2008 final. It still wasn't enough to win the Ballon d'Or. #LFC https://t.co/D10iV5iWo1" / bet365 on Twitter: "Fernando Torres in 2008: 41 goals for club & country including the winner in the Euro 2008 final. It still wasn't enough to win the Ballon d'Or. #LFC https://t.co/D10iV5iWo1" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-YW_PxWUAQ6tBm.jpg)
bet365 on Twitter: "Fernando Torres in 2008: 41 goals for club & country including the winner in the Euro 2008 final. It still wasn't enough to win the Ballon d'Or. #LFC https://t.co/D10iV5iWo1" /
![Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi NOT in the running for Ballon d'Or as Luka Modric leads the way | The Sun Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi NOT in the running for Ballon d'Or as Luka Modric leads the way | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NINTCHDBPICT0003717785651.jpg)
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi NOT in the running for Ballon d'Or as Luka Modric leads the way | The Sun
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/MESSI-RONALDO-BALLON-DOR-e1608042999677.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1470&h=971&crop=1)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award
![Fernando Torres, a career whose legacy mirrors his childhood hero's | Sports News,The Indian Express Fernando Torres, a career whose legacy mirrors his childhood hero's | Sports News,The Indian Express](https://images.indianexpress.com/2019/06/torres-759.jpg)
Fernando Torres, a career whose legacy mirrors his childhood hero's | Sports News,The Indian Express
![Ballon d'Or 2016 - Nine years of dominance: How the Messi-Ronaldo balance of power has shifted - Eurosport Ballon d'Or 2016 - Nine years of dominance: How the Messi-Ronaldo balance of power has shifted - Eurosport](https://i.eurosport.com/2016/12/08/1983594-41667367-2560-1440.jpg)
Ballon d'Or 2016 - Nine years of dominance: How the Messi-Ronaldo balance of power has shifted - Eurosport
![The 7 players who would have won a Ballon d'Or… if it hadn't been for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - Mirror Online The 7 players who would have won a Ballon d'Or… if it hadn't been for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9115148.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/MAIN-Messi-Ronaldo-Ballon.jpg)
The 7 players who would have won a Ballon d'Or… if it hadn't been for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - Mirror Online
433 - Who would've won the 2008 Ballon d'Or❓ ⠀ (...if CR7 👽 and Messi 👽 had never landed on earth) | Facebook
![Eurosport on Twitter: "And the 2015 Ballon d'Or winner is... *rips open envelope* Fernando Torres! (H/T @ColoWio) http://t.co/Wqc6kZYnq2 http://t.co/11jk8TK8vm" / Twitter Eurosport on Twitter: "And the 2015 Ballon d'Or winner is... *rips open envelope* Fernando Torres! (H/T @ColoWio) http://t.co/Wqc6kZYnq2 http://t.co/11jk8TK8vm" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7bIf1aCYAEtWzT.jpg)
Eurosport on Twitter: "And the 2015 Ballon d'Or winner is... *rips open envelope* Fernando Torres! (H/T @ColoWio) http://t.co/Wqc6kZYnq2 http://t.co/11jk8TK8vm" / Twitter
![An exploration into Ballon d'Or winners over the previous decade in a Messi and Ronaldo-less universe An exploration into Ballon d'Or winners over the previous decade in a Messi and Ronaldo-less universe](https://i0.wp.com/thesefootballtimes.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/iniestaballondor.jpg?fit=3395%2C2398&ssl=1)