Cristiano Ronaldo also mentions Lamine Yamal when he talks about his candidates for the Ballon d’Or in the coming years. The 17-year-old is already one of the 30 nominees in 2024.
FC Barcelona duo among Ballon d’Or nominees
Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo: Among the 30 candidates to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or are two professionals from FC Barcelona. In the end, neither of them will certainly win football’s most important individual award; the top favorites are Champions League winners Jude Bellingham and Vinícius Júnior from Real Madrid and European champion Rodri from Manchester City.
But will Yamal soon be able to win the Golden Ball as one of the most promising talents in the European elite? After all, he won the European Championship title just one day after his 17th birthday.
A certain Cristiano Ronaldo believes that the Barça jewel is capable of winning the prestigious title, as he announced in a conversation on his YouTube channel. The conversation initially focused on Real’s new top star Kylian Mbappé.
Cristiano Ronaldo names four youngsters – including Lamine Yamal
The Portuguese is certain that the Frenchman will have “no big problem” functioning in Madrid. “Because he has already shown everything he is capable of. In my opinion, he can win the Ballon d’Or in the next few years. Him, probably Haaland, Bellingham, Lamine… The young generation has a lot of potential,” he said, also listing the Catalan winger, while Vinícius, for his part, was not mentioned and therefore had to be mentioned by Ferdinand.
Yamal can still leave Paris with a trophy on October 28. Aside from his Ballon d’Or nomination, he is also part of the ten-man shortlist for the U21 award, the Kopa Trophy. His most notable competitors are teammate Pau Cubarsí, Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala and Real’s Arda Güler.
Barça duo included: 30 nominees for Ballon d’Or 2024 officially announced
