Because Real Madrid striker Vinicius was not voted the best player of the past season, Spain’s record champions are sulking – and boycotting the Ballon d’Or gala in Paris. The surprising winner is a Spaniard: European champion Rodri from Manchester City.
Nobody can say that Vinicius Júnior, 24, was not warned. “Ballon d’Or in danger,” could be seen on the front page of the August issue of the Brazilian trade magazine Score read – based on a survey of journalists, including from the SZ. And see: Also the survey conducted by the trade magazine that was decisive for the awarding of the “Golden Ball”. France Football revealed that it was not Vinicius Jr. who received the trophy for the best player of the 2023/24 season. But Rodrigo Hernández, alias Rodri, 28, Spanish midfielder from Manchester City – from the hands of the first African Ballon d’Or winner in history, George Weah. And that led to a spectacular and unprecedented scandal on Monday.
