Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - FC Barcelona v Girona - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - September 23, 2018 Barcelona's Lionel Messi looks dejected after Girona's second goal REUTERS/Albert Gea
MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde believes his player Lionel Messi should have won FIFA’s 'The Best' award and not Real Madrid's Luka Modric.
Modric was named the best player of 2018 at a glitzy ceremony on Monday night which Messi did not attend having not made the shortlist, which was completed by Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
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