Four-Time Ballon d'Or Winner

How high would a superstar's standing in history be if he won four Ballon d'Or awards over the course of his career?

What if that superstar were still an active player? How much higher would his standing in history be?

What if he were only a twenty-five-year-old rising star? How high would his standing in history be then?

For nearly half a year, this had been a topic that countless professionals in world football, football industry insiders, media reporters, and fans had been eagerly discussing. It was now shifting from a hypothetical scenario into reality.

At the Nuremberg headquarters of Kicker magazine, editor-in-chief Rainer Holzschuh typed the lines above into the draft open on his computer, preparing to begin a column he had painstakingly written.

The topic of discussion was Su Dong winning his fourth Ballon d'Or!

There was actually no need for "if" anymore, because the whole world knew this was a fact.

Over the past season, who besides Su Dong deserved the Ballon d'Or?

He had led Bayern to defend their treble, swept up the Bundesliga, the Champions League, and the European Golden Boot, and won award after award. How could a player like that possibly fail to win the Ballon d'Or?

Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that if Su Dong failed to win this Ballon d'Or, he would not be the one to suffer the loss. The Ballon d'Or would.

Because the entire world would question the credibility of the Ballon d'Or.

It was not only the media that thought so. People in the football industry had also practically acknowledged Su Dong as the winner. Even Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two superstars regarded as having the best chance of challenging Su Dong, had publicly expressed their support for him winning the