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It was, after all, one of the two highest honors in world football.
The World Player of the Year award ceremony subsequently sparked heated discussion.
And this was not a bad thing.
Without clarity, reason remains obscured.
Before these discussions, nobody seriously considered Deng Kai as the world's top player.
He was generally referred to as the Premier League's top midfielder, Europe's best midfielder.