Over 131,000 fans vote Messi top of Goal.com 50 poll

Lionel Messi has been voted as the top player in the Goal.com 50 fans’ vote, an annual title that sees the experts and fans clash in a vote for the best player in the world. Over 131,000 fans voted in the open poll, illustrating the wide-reaching presence Goal.com has around the world that makes it the truest gauge of opinion in football. As the world’s largest new media football community, with users in every single country on earth, Goal.com’s experts put together a shortlist of the 50 players they feel have excelled during the previous 12 months. Following an impressive domestic season