The Argentine wizard - as predicted by GOAL - won his seventh Golden Ball on November 29, beating the Bayern Munich star into second place

The Germany defender is not interested in extending his stay at the Premier League side and is wanted by several top European clubs

The 17-year-old was handed his debut in Xavi's first game in charge against Espanyol, after years of impressing onlookers at La Masia

The Manchester United star has denied claims that his career ambition is to win the award more times than the Paris Saint-Germain attacker

The German impressed during his interview for a position that Julen Lopetegui, Ernesto Valverde and Lucien Favre were also considered for

The Paris Saint-Germain star praised the Poland international after he was deprived of the award in 2020 and finished second in the voting this year

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

The German midfielder has questioned the decision to hand the Argentine his seventh Golden Ball and feels Karim Benzema was more deserving

The online giant is once again offering exclusive access to fixtures in the English top flight, with Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal all involved

The former Reds boss is under fire after a seven-game run without a win, and faces a potentially deadly December, starting with the Merseyside derby

Knapper has made some big changes to the way the Gunners operate since taking up one of the most influential roles at the club in 2019

Welcome to GOAL's coverage of the 2021 Ballon d'Or, where Lionel Messi beat out the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo for an astonishing record seventh trophy

Lionel Messi was crowned the best player of the year for the seventh time, but how does he compare to the previous winners?

The Manchester United star came in sixth in the rankings for the 2021 award as Lionel Messi took the award home for the seventh time

With Socios.com providing an app for fans to have their say, GOAL looks back at five major decisions that formed one of Europe’s elite

Here's how the winner of this year's highest individual honour was determined

Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Champions League last-16 draw

The Qatar-backed club have assembled one of the most star-studded forward lines in history but not one of them works hard enough for the team

How does the voting process for the Ballon d'Or work, and how do nominees for the award get selected?

Goal brings you all the matches that are being shown live on television so you can plan your next few days of viewing pleasure

Playing in the fourth tier of Italian football only three years ago, Junior Messias came off the bench to keep AC Milan in the Champions League

The Blaugrana president has full confidence in side's chances of advancing to the Champions League knockout stage

Chelsea are defending champions but a host of Europe's biggest clubs are also in the running to lift the continent's most-coveted trophy

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

The Portuguese player nearly left in the summer, but Pep Guardiola is delighted with his impact after an astounding start to the season

Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and around the world

While Ralf Rangnick is set to take over until the end of 2021-22, the Argentine may have his chance in just over six months

The Portugal international midfielder has rebuilt his reputation at Lille and feels ready to make a big move again

In an exclusive interview with GOAL, the goalkeeper discusses his Anfield career to date and his loan move to Irish outfit Saint Patrick's Athletic

The Ivorian winger has struggled to make the desired impact at Emirates Stadium, but he retains the full support of his manager

The Frenchman has failed miserably to justify his lofty transfer fee and is out of contract next summer, but he could yet salvage his Camp Nou career

The Norwegian frontman is aware he is high demand but has not yet made a final decision on his future

The Argentina superstar has once again been named the best player on the planet, with Robert Lewandowski finishing as runner-up

The highly-rated midfielder continues to see his stock soar, with the likes of Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka being fended off once again

The winger belted his side into the lead in the 87th minute on Sunday with a strike from outside the box

Join GOAL for all the latest updates from the Premier League, La Liga and more as Man Utd, Chelsea, Real Madrid and all the top teams play

From Robert Lewandowski to Erling Haaland and Karim Benzema, Goal rounds up Europe's top scorers in the 2021-22 season

Stay right up to date with Goal's live commentary coverage of the biggest games from around the globe

Only three teams will make it through to Qatar from the 12 European teams remaining and there are some big matchups in store

The final stage of the qualification process for UEFA teams, featuring the likes of Portugal and Italy, explained

The draw for the European play-offs takes place on Friday as 12 teams battle it out for a place at the Qatar showpiece next year

The veteran steps down as one of football's most admired coaches after 17 years at the helm of the Celeste, whom he led to Copa America glory in 2011

The Swedish forward made no apologies for his incident with his Spanish opponent last week

The manager who oversaw the run to the Euro 2020 final will continue in his role after next year's World Cup in Qatar

Here's what you need to know about how the Premier League calendar could be altered with the Qatar World Cup taking place in the winter

The international prize is the only major one missing from the striker's glittering CV, but will his country even make it to Qatar?

The U.S. took four out of a possible six points, setting themselves up fairly nicely for 2022