Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba will present Lionel Messi with the 2023 Ballon d’Or award on Monday.
This was confirmed by Italian football transfer guru Fabrizio Romano on Friday morning.
“Didier Drogba will give Lionel Messi his Ballon d’Or number 8,” Romano stated in a brief video of Drogba, who has already arrived in Paris for the celebration.
“It will happen on Monday in Paris.”
Messi, who now plays for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, will be the first footballer from outside Europe to receive the award.
It will also be the 36-year-old’s record-extending eighth time.
