File photograph of Real Madrid footballer Vinicius Junior© AFP
Real Madrid stated they’ll keep away from the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday as they’re satisfied that their striker Vinicius, the favorite to win the boys’s award, has been snubbed. The membership instructed AFP it questioned the strategies behind the choice of the Ballon d’Or winner, saying that defender Dani Carvajal, one other of the 30 gamers nominated, had additionally been unfairly neglected. “If the award standards would not give it to Vinicius because the winner, then those self same standards ought to level to Carvajal because the winner,” the membership instructed AFP. “As this was not the case, it’s clear that Ballon d’Or-UEFA doesn’t respect Real Madrid. And Real Madrid doesn’t go the place it isn’t revered.”
The Ballon d’Or organisers determined to innovate this yr by holding the winner’s id a secret till the very finish, to keep away from any leaks to the press.
In earlier years, the winner was revealed just a few days earlier than the award ceremony.
All the nominees had been invited to the ceremony in Paris this night.
The absence of the Real gamers and the membership’s declaration counsel that neither Vinicius, Carvajal nor Jude Bellingham, the architects of the membership’s European triumph, will win the trophy.
That might depart the best way clear for Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder Rodri, who received Euro 2024 and was named the match’s greatest participant by UEFA.
The Ballon d’Or is awarded by a jury of journalists representing the highest 100 nations within the FIFA rankings.
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