Ranking the Ballon d'Or Contenders

B/R Football Ranks

Bleacher Report

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It's the big one this week as we take a look at the biggest individual prize in football, the Ballon d'Or-and who is are the contenders at this early stage! Rank God Sam Tighe picks his top 10, before Football Insider Dean Jones and host Jack Collins pick apart his arguments for who goes where. Sam's choices spark plenty of lively debate as ever, with plenty left to play for. In this week's Hot Takes, we take a look at how Brazil will fare in the Copa America without star man and talisman Neymar Jr., whether Crystal Palace's Aaron Wan-Bissaka is really the right man for Manchester United and Dean makes a dramatic U-Turn on whether Frank Lampard is the right man for the Chelsea job if Maurizio Sarri leaves for Juventus. Bleacher Roulette takes on more of the big questions: is Trent Alexander-Arnold the best right back in the game right now; would we rather have the career of Jordan Henderson or Christian Eriksen; and which goalkeeper would we trust to step up to take a penalty in a shootout-before Sam rounds things off by ranking which Disney characters would make the best Real Madrid Galacticos in nonsense rankings! To get involved, follow @brfootball on Twitter and Instagram, and use the hashtag #BRFootballRanks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Another week, another international tournament looms upon the horizon and all eyes turn to the Americas.
0:28.0	Here with you as ever, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to B.R. Football ranks.
0:33.2	So, cast your corneas to the collective carnival of Calcio, where a cluster of craving countries clash and collide to claim the copper crown.
0:41.8	Oh yes, benvindo out Brazil, the bubbling, burning birthplace of Yoga Bonito, where our beloved ballgame blossomed into a blistering, beautiful Bossa Nova ballet.
0:52.9	My name is Jack Collins,
0:54.4	and I'll be your conductor
0:55.6	as we wing and weave our way around the world,
0:58.4	fluttering through this football fiesta
1:00.0	in the podcast parallel of a pan-global peregrination.
1:04.0	With me are the two stalwart sentinels
1:06.3	of this soccer soundtrack.
1:07.6	Firstly, the drums,
1:09.1	the man that keeps us all on the pulse and makes sure we're not
1:12.5	out of time.
1:13.3	The heartbeat of this operation is Transfer Titan, Dean Jones.
1:17.4	Jack, what a Brazilian intro that was.
1:21.6	I don't know.
1:21.6	I'm not even going to justify that with a response.
1:24.0	And our lead trumpet, bold as brass and not afraid to cut above the noise with a tune
1:29.8	all his own. It's the rank god Sam Tai. Yeah, I think that will prove especially true for today's
1:34.9	ranking. The good news about a trumpet is that if it gets too much, you can always stick a mute in it.
1:40.1	Fair enough. Okay. I'll bear that in mind. It's time for hot takes.
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