Ivory Coast and former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba will present Lionel Messi with the 2023 Ballon d’Or award on Monday.
This was confirmed by football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, on Friday morning.
Romano posted a short video of Drogba who has already arrived at Paris where the ceremony will take place and wrote: “Didier Drogba will give Lionel Messi his Ballon d’Or number 8.
“It will happen on Monday in Paris.”
Messi, who now plays for Inter Miami in the MLS, will become the first footballer outside Europe to win the prize.
It will also be a record-extending eighth time for the 36-year-old.
