Brazilian footballer Dani Alves is just one in a string of celebrities talking about the "Golden Ball"…

An award ceremony was held in Paris for the selection of "France Football", which traditionally chooses the best football player in the world. This time Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorgenjo, Karim Benzema, Mohamed Salah competed for the award.

But if you ask Alves, the experienced Brazilian who recently returned to Barcelona, the assumption is deserved - Christian Eriksen. The Dane, we remind you, collapsed during the European Championship last summer and has not yet returned to football.

He was a member of Inter, but will not return to Serie A, because he has a defibrillator on his heart.

- I think Eriksen deserved the "Golden Ball" this year because he passed it. That would be a strong message to the whole football world, people would be more sensitive. Messi is the best, he was already 20 years old, but it would be nice for everyone that Eriksen won this award.

AniDani Alves 🇧🇷: “Eriksen 🇩🇰 deserves the #BallonDor  this year. For what he's been through. It would be a strong message for the football world. "Messi 🇦🇷 is the best, he has been for 20 years, but it would be nice for everyone if Eriksen won it." [@SkySport] pic.twitter.com/IDsCkqHtfe

- RouteOneFootball (@ Route1futbol) November 29, 2021

It would be an opportunity to send a message to young people that football is much more than a "Golden Ball", a "best" title or whatever. It is a risk that we run on the field every time and we can get hurt at any moment. I had teammates who died playing football. When such things happen, people need to be more sensitive - said Alves.

Inter made a decision regarding Eriksen who collapsed at the European Championship