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Philipp Lahm: Ballon d'Or has become 'World's Best Striker' award

In his latest exclusive column for Goal, the Bayern Munich defender says Lionel Messi deserved to win his fifth title but suggests a format change for the future.

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How about selecting the candidates for next year's FIFA Ballon d'Or via Facebook? That would be a modern way of doing it. And the result would probably be the same as Monday's election.

The current top three on Facebook is: Cristiano Ronaldo with 108 million followers, Lionel Messi with more than 81 million and Neymar Jr. with 54 million fans.

First, I want to make it clear that Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar are fantastic footballers.