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Messi or Van Dijk - Ballon d’Or winner ‘given away’

Barcelona's Lionel Messi (left) and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk [Courtesy]

Lionel Messi is set to pip Virgil van Dijk to the Ballon d'Or when the award is handed out in Paris next week.

The Barcelona superstar has emerged as favourite to claim football's biggest individual honour, ahead of the Liverpool defender, after the pair have traded honours in recent months.

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