Cristiano Ronaldo refused to vote for the Ballon d’Or

On October 28, the Ballon d’Or ceremony took place, as well as crowning the best player of the 2023/2024 season, also an award for the best young person under 21. And without any surprise, it was Lamine Yamal (17 years old), winner of Euro 2024 with Spain and a big revelation for FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Unlike the Ballon d’Or, the jury that votes to select the best U21 is not made up of journalists from the top 100 countries in the FIFA ranking, but of Ballon d’Or winner. This Saturday, November 9, details of the votes were published by the newspaper The Teamwhich specifies that seven of them did not vote: Denis Law, Kevin Keegan, Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio, George Weah, Zinédine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although the reasons for the stalemate were not revealed, we can assume that the advanced age of Denis Law (84 years old), or even Kevin Keegan (73 years old), was an obstacle. For Michel Platini, it was certainly his legal problems with FIFA that prevented him from participating. Regarding Cristiano Ronaldo, we remember that the Portuguese had said publicly that he did not really carry the Ballon d’Or (as well as the best award) in his heart.. So it wouldn’t be surprising if he turned down FIFA’s invitation to vote.