{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/6ad8e2083ad7f68551126259?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What If... We erased the Messi-Ronaldo era?","description":"<p>With the Ballon d&#39;Or fast approaching, this week’s episode of ‘What If’, Emma is joined in the studio by The Athletic’s Tim Spiers, Dan Kilpatrick and Jack Pitt-Brooke to pick apart the unfathomable… What if Messi and Ronaldo didn’t exist?</p><p><br></p><p>Who scores their goals? Who’s career skyrockets? And topically, who wins their Ballons d’Or?</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, we discuss who we think will be just the 5th player outside of the two main men to win the Ballon d’Or since 2008.</p><p><br></p><p>Host: Emma Paton</p><p>Panelists: Jack Pitt-Brooke, Dan Kilpatrick, Tim Spiers</p><p>Executive Producers: Adam Jones, Max Curwen Bingley</p><p>Producer: Mike Stavrou</p><p>Videographer: Grayson Moody</p>","author_name":"The Athletic"}