Explosive performance with MU helps Rashford “score” in the 2023 Golden Ball competition.
Rashford is going through the most sublime period of his career when contributing 28 goals and 9 assists to MU in the 2022/23 season, and helping the “Red Devils” win the League Cup. With his current form, the English striker has a chance to compete for the 2023 Golden Ball title ?
About every 2-3 weeks, Goal page will publish a ranking of potential names for the Golden Ball race based on evaluation from a reputable bookmaker. Accordingly, Rashford is currently 4th on this list. Other stars on the MU payroll included Casemiro (ranked 9th) and Lisandro Martinez (ranked 14th).
Of course, to compete fairly with the remaining candidates, Rashford, Casemiro or Lisandro Martinez need to maintain high performance until the end of the 2022/23 season, and at the same time help MU conquer noble titles like the Premier League . , Europa League or FA Cup.
From 2022, France Football decided to change the method of evaluating the Golden Ball, based on the performance of the players in the European season, from August last year to July next year.
Performance in the World Cup will count towards the 2023 Ballon d’Or, so it’s not surprising that Lionel Messi is the top contender. Thanks to the victory of winning the World Cup with Argentina, Messi has “sweeped” all prestigious individual awards and was honored at the FIFA The Best award ceremony on the morning of February 28. Kylian Mbappe, PSG’s teammate and also Messi’s defeated general in the World Cup final, ranked second.
Although there are no achievements at the national team level, Erling Haaland is still ranked 3rd thanks to a “terrible” scoring performance. The Norwegian striker contributed 34 goals and 4 assists in all competitions for Man City, including 27 goals in the Premier League to monopolize the top scorer race in the tournament and the European Golden Shoe.
Therefore, the competition of the Golden Ball race this season will be very high and Rashford will have to be in unmatched form to have the door to bring down Messi, let alone other famous candidates. The big disadvantage for him is that the possibility of MU winning the Premier League is not high and they play in the Europa League, but since the Champions League changed to the current format, very few Europa League winners have a chance to compete for the Ballon d’Or.
