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As with everything in life, every beginning has an end. Not even football stars escape this “unwritten law”. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominated the scenes of this sport for more than two decades, but now they have to make way for a new generation, which will still find it very difficult to achieve their successes.

Both “Messi” and “CR7” agreed to compromise with this, moving away from important football, such as European football, with the Argentine choosing America, while the “Lusitanian”, Saudi Arabia, but the downward curve of the career of theirs is also confirmed by “Transfermarket”.

According to specialists, Lionel Messi has reached the lowest point in terms of his value in the market since 2006. Now that he plays for Inter Miami, the card of the world champion is estimated at 30 million euros.

Even more “drop” is the descent of his eternal rival. Despite the fact that the contract with Al-Nassr is one of the richest in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo’s card in the market is valued at only 15 million euros. Young stars have already taken their place in the list of the most valued football players.

According to “Transfermarkt”, the list is headed by Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. All three have the same value, 180 million euros, but due to age, the first place is held by the “star” of Real Madrid, followed by that of Manchester City and then by that of Paris Saint-Germain, among ” the top 5″ is completed by Vinicius Junior, of Real Madrid and Bukayo Saka of Arsenal.

Sportswear manufacturer Adidas and the German Football Association (DFB) have blocked the sale of the German national team jerseys with the number 44 in response to criticism of the design, which resembles a Nazi symbol.

“We will block the customization of jerseys in our online store,” said adidas spokesperson Oliver Bruggen.

As of Monday afternoon, you can no longer customize shirts with your name and number in the “Adidas” online store. Meanwhile, the DFB has stopped the delivery of shirts with the number 44 already ordered in its online store.

Social media users recently noticed that the number 44 in the new design, unveiled last month, resembles the logo of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a large paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.

Adidas was heavily criticized, but Brüggen said that “the DFB and its partner 11teamsports are responsible for the design of the names and numbers”.

Lionel Messi has picked the four players he thinks could win the Ballon d’Or, but Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham has been snubbed by the Argentine.

Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time in Paris last October, being voted the best player in the world by 100 journalists.

He beat Erling Haaland and former PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappe to become the second-oldest player to win the award at the age of 36.

“The players who will compete for the Ballon d’Or in the future? There could be a nice rivalry in the years to come with players like Haaland, Mbappe, Vinicius and many other players competing for the Ballon d’Or.”

“I also think that Lamine Yamal, who is still very young and now plays for Barcelona, ​​will play an important role and fight for him in the future as well, and most likely there will be players others who will compete, new players who we don’t know from where they will appear, because there are always new players, and I think it will be a very beautiful era to enjoy”, Messi told L’Equipe .

Surprisingly, Jude Bellingham was not in Messi’s thoughts despite winning the ‘Cup’ trophy and finishing 18th on the Ballon d’Or list.

The 20-year-old is enjoying an excellent season with Real Madrid this season and should his good performances continue at Euro 2024, he would be among the contenders for the Ballon d’Or.