Prior to Manchester United's fixture against Newcastle United over the weekend, there was a lot of speculation that Jose Mourinho would be fired as the manager of the club, regardless of the result of the game.
It seems that the Portuguese manager is now in more trouble as the FA are investigating him for swearing on the touchline following Manchester United's last-gasp win against Newcastle United on Saturday.
The last Frenchman to win the award was Zinedine Zidane in 1998.
Manchester United have had the worst start to a Premier League season in 29 years.
The Italian club backed their star player on the recent rape allegations leveled at him.
Manager Steve Bruce was sacked after a terrible start to the season.
The Brazilian goalkeeper made the switch from Italian side Roma to Liverpool in the summer.
Guardiola's team have been linked with the 19-year-old French and PSG forward.
Speculations were rife on Saturday that Manchester United top-brass had met with former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane over a possible move to have the Frenchman replacing struggling Jose Mourinho.
Luka Modric won the award as Ronaldo finished second while Messi did not figure in the top 3.
The Manchester United manager announced ahead of United's Carabao Cup defeat that the Frenchman will no longer be vice-captain of the club.
Messi set this record in Barcelona's 2-2 draw against Girona on Sunday.
Croatian captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award at the 2018 World Cup but can former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo win Ballon d'Or this time?
The Manchester United keeper has now spoken about his future and revealed that he is happy at the club and feels "loved".
The PSV Eindhoven winger has already scored 6 goals in 8 games in the season already.