Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo are abnormal, says Thierry Henry

Arsenal and France legend Thierry Henry yesterday promoted Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, AntoinneGriezmann and Gareth Bale as top contenders to win the Ballon d’Or this year.

“One of Bale, Leo, Ronaldo and Griezmann could win the Ballon d’Or”, he said.

France Football, the magazine that founded the prestigious individual honour given to the best player of the year, released a probable’s list on Monday.

Messi and Ronaldo have finished first and second in each of the past five years.

“Those guys are just abnormal. I’ve never seen players like them before and I am sure you’ve never seen before.

“They score what 50 goals 60 goals, 90 goals a season. It is irrelevant asking if defenders before would have stopped them and not fair on defenders of their time. We will never know that.”