will ibrahimovic win a golden ball next  year?
490570
he needs to play  VERY  well to do so.
1039637
I truly hope not. The tournament has been a disaster in relation to refereeing performances. You would hope that for the biggest match of the tournament at least, that FIFA could dig up someone with a degree of competence.
471077
I think the greatest contesters for the golden boot are Ronaldo, Henry, Sheva (from Ukrainia/Milan) and Rooney.\nBut the one to win? Ronaldo...yet again
405312
Even when we have lots of good teams, like France or Italy, I have to say I'm truly believing Brazil is gonna win this year, they have an amazing team, Ronaldinho is right now as good as never before and the rest of the team is doing great on their own clubs, like Kaka in Milan.\n\nI think we will see some surprises along the tournament, but I don't think we are gonna get surprised with the winner... :)
679811
i would like to think liverpool will but i don't think any 1 will now thay have ballack
593386
i guess he will, particularly after the slap from ManU. he would be boiling to show his worth to Sir Alex and his team mate Ronaldo (Christiana).
330480
No... Because he would be probably tired after a hard season including La Liga,Copa Del Rey and Champions League challenges... Also his national team isn't much strong for qualify next rounds of World Cup..\nI think he is going to be ranked an avarage rating with his performance in the Cups play...
320548
Wayne Rooney, in my opinion, is one of the worlds next superstars...and he may already be considered that today!  If you look at his stats, every year his numbers have improved.  Starting with Everton and now with Manchester United, as well as his play with the national team.  If you look at his unoffical site, it lists his acheivments and stats...the guy gets better every year!  He is the next David Beckham
426463
It's hard to say. Saudi Arabia defender Hamad Al Montashari was named Asian Player of the Year this past year. The Al Ittihad star beat off the challenge of Uzbekistan's Dynamo Kiev striker Maksim Shatskikh for a title diminished by the exclusion of most of Asia's best players because they could not travel to Malaysia for the ceremony.\n\nAn Asian Football Confederation (AFC) dictate that a player must attend the ceremony to be eligible for the award ruled out Manchester United star Park Ji-Sung and his South Korean teammate Lee Young-Pyo of Tottenham Hotspur. It also excluded the Japanese pair of Shunsuke Nakamura and Hidetoshi Nakata and last year's winner Ali Karimi of Bayern Munich.\n\nMy choice would be Park Ji-Sung from South Korea. I think he has been an important part of Manchester United's run this year.
675167
i THINK nIGERIA WILL , THEY hAVE wORLD CLASS PLAYERS ALL OVER eUROPE
421288
It could be anyone. Look at the past winners, the likes of Davour Suker (Croatia, 1998) and Hiristo Stochkov(Bulgaria, 1994) won it beacuse the were target men, but they only managed it because they played 7 matches and reached the 3rd place play-off. The top teams tend to have more goals from a second stiker or midfield, so no one player scores enough.\n\nThere is only a small number of games at the world cup (max 7) so really it just depends who's on form coming into the competition\n\nThierry Henry will not win it for sure, he has never performed for France under presure, and I don't think he's about to change.
631031
Thierry Henry! Football Writers Award for Player of the Year for the third time! First person ever to win 3 of those!\n\nHe's the chosen one!
841516
It's a crime and pity that a player of Henry's calibre has never won the European player or the Fifa world player of the year, I see a few of the players out there to have the award who deserved it less than Henry, it would be a total crime if he isnt named World Player of the year this time.
826210
this is the greatest award really b/c it's chosen by the players themselevs. it's such a great honour! and this just makes me think Ronaldinho is going to win FIFA World Player of the Year even more. I can't believe all the titles were given to BARCA players! I mean........damnn, that's incredible, really. what other club can say that they're on Barca level? none really comes to mind.......i am so astoned you don't even know....this made my day LOL\ni like the world XI team\n\neto.......henry......ronaldinho...and Zidane in the center......\nthat's deadly right there! hahaha
977639
doubt it..i think chelseas good to win it..drogbas to unstopable
419349
Probably not.\n\nBefore every world cup or european championships there is a lot of hype from the press, usually generated from one of the "star" players. In this case Wayne Rooney. They've got the heart to win it, but I'm not sure about the skill.\n\nI'd love to see them win it, but they'll get beaten in the quarters or semi's.
775151
The world cup 2006 Golden ball is with the Golden player,Zizou.\nCannavaro got the European Golden ball for Europe's best player not FIFA 's golden ball.