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1st November 2018
09:50am GMT

"It has never been easier than this year to choose who is going to win the Ballon d'Or," Platini said in an interview with RMC.
"It's a Frenchman who is going to win the Ballon d'Or. I hope so. There's only one player who has won the Champions League and the World Cup - it's Varane. There's always the Ronaldo-Messi debate, but this year there's only one, one who has won all that, his name is Varane.
"He's an excellent player. I would have voted for him, the results are the only objective thing, everything else is subjective.
"We can have opinions about Griezmann, Mbappé, [Olivier] Giroud, [Hugo] Lloris, Modrić... But the only one who has won everything this year is Raphael Varane."
Asked which players he believes will challenge Varane for the prize, Platini responded: "The same as usual, even if I don't know if Messi will be on the podium this time.""So, let's say Salah, Modric, Griezmann, Varane, Mbappé — the French in general because they are world champions.
"But I will wait and see if all these players are still at the top in 10 years, like Messi and I have done, and like we continue to do.
"Still there, on the podium, since more than 10 years."
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