Lionel Messi snubbed from FIFA's The Best award, fans lose their minds

ByLe Buzz

Updated 03/09/2018 at 13:35 GMT

Fans could not believe what they were hearing after FIFA announced that Lionel Messi had not been included in their shortlist for The Best Men's Player award.

Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona looks on during the warm up prior to the La Liga match between Barcelona and SD Huesca at Camp Nou

Image credit: Getty Images

Yes, for the first time since 2006, the Argentine was omitted from the final three.

06/04/2024 at 07:10

Luka Modric, Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo made up the trio on the shortlist.

The finalists were announced on social media:

It did seem like a spectacularly strange decision...

The reaction on social media was predictably one of disgust and dismay...

Crazy times.

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