<p>The Barcelona and Argentina forward is the favourite to win the World Player award, to be presented later on Monday, after helping Barca to six titles in 2009 -- the Spanish league and King's Cup, the European Champions League, the Spanish and European Super Cups and the Club World Cup. <br /><br />“No, please, I am not King of the World now, nor the number one, I don't believe in those things,” Messi said in an interview with Spain's el Periodico newspaper on Monday. <br />“I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team,” the 22-year-old added. “I don't feel like the best, the best is Barca.” <br /><br />Messi already has the 2009 Ballon d'Or award, finishing ahead of last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo by a record 240-point margin in the vote by journalists across the world organised by France Football magazine. <br /><br />He is expected to succeed the Real Madrid and Portugal forward as FIFA World Player when the winner is announced at a gala ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich. <br />“I only think of the group and that nobody has ever been able to win what we have, and that is what gives me more pleasure,” Messi told el Periodico. <br /><br />“Later on, of course, individual awards are also nice,” he added. “It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.” <br /><br />The other players in the running for the award are Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team mate Kaka and Messi's Barca team mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta.</p>
<p>The Barcelona and Argentina forward is the favourite to win the World Player award, to be presented later on Monday, after helping Barca to six titles in 2009 -- the Spanish league and King's Cup, the European Champions League, the Spanish and European Super Cups and the Club World Cup. <br /><br />“No, please, I am not King of the World now, nor the number one, I don't believe in those things,” Messi said in an interview with Spain's el Periodico newspaper on Monday. <br />“I am the same person as always and I have the good fortune to play in a great team,” the 22-year-old added. “I don't feel like the best, the best is Barca.” <br /><br />Messi already has the 2009 Ballon d'Or award, finishing ahead of last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo by a record 240-point margin in the vote by journalists across the world organised by France Football magazine. <br /><br />He is expected to succeed the Real Madrid and Portugal forward as FIFA World Player when the winner is announced at a gala ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich. <br />“I only think of the group and that nobody has ever been able to win what we have, and that is what gives me more pleasure,” Messi told el Periodico. <br /><br />“Later on, of course, individual awards are also nice,” he added. “It was an historic year for Barca and for me but it's thanks to the work of everyone.” <br /><br />The other players in the running for the award are Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team mate Kaka and Messi's Barca team mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta.</p>
