BR - Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be attending the FIFA Ballon D'Or ceremony in Zurich on Monday, and he won't be going to make up the numbers.
Despite winning the prestigious golden ball on an unprecedented four successive occasions—this would be his fifth—and being injured for over three months of the year, the Argentine has still done enough to edge himself ahead of fellow nominees Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo.