Winner of the Gerd Müller Trophy, the former PSG striker finished in sixth place in the Ballon d’Or rankings, equaling his third best performance in this area.
Never two without three. After 2019 and 2022, Kylian Mbappé finishes for the third time in sixth place in the Ballon d’Or rankings. The news was announced this Monday, from the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris. Angry upon learning that the Ballon d’Or would escape Vinicius Jr, the Madrid delegation did not make the trip to Paris. Too bad, because Real had a great harvest this Monday: best men’s team, best coach for Carlo Ancelotti and the Gerd Müller Trophy rewarding the top scorer of the year for… Kylian Mbappé. A title that the Frenchman shares with England and Bayern Munich scorer Harry Kane. The two goalkeepers scored 52 goals during the past campaign.
Obviously, it is for his performances with PSG that Mbappé was rewarded, he who won the title of champion of France, a new coronation in the Coupe de France and the crown of king of scorers in Ligue 1.
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Radio silence in Paris… and Madrid
Relations between the 2018 world champion and the capital club being what they are, namely frosty, PSG obviously did not congratulate their former player on social networks. Remember that the two parties are in conflict over €55 million in unpaid salaries and bonuses. Under the influence of a probable accusation of rape in Sweden, “KM” even publicly insinuated that PSG could be behind the affair… Atmosphere. Angry with UEFA, the voters, the organizers of this 2024 Ballon d’or or… God knows who this Monday evening, the decision-makers at Real Madrid did not communicate either.
Kylian Mbappé spent the last seven seasons at PSG before joining Real Madrid last summer. Seventh in the 2017 Ballon d’or rankings, the former Monegasque has not been out of the Top 10 since. In fact, he has never been ranked beyond ninth place, with a presence on the podium in 2023, the first and so far the only one for the 25-year-old French international, who appears between Lautaro Martinez ( 7th) and Erling Haaland (5th) this year.
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