Vinicius claims he knows he won’t win, absent from attending Ballon d’Or 2024

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior saying he was not present at the awards ceremony Ballon d’Or 2024 because the club already knew that the Brazilian player would not be a winner.

This application was given by the best transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano in his upload on X account, Monday (28/10). Romano also said that there will not be a single representative from Madrid at the Ballon d’Or 2024 event at the Theater du Chatelete, Paris, on Tuesday (29/10) early morning WIB.

“Vinicius Jr will not travel to Paris because Real Madrid know he will not win the Ballon d’Or,” wrote Romano.

“No [perwakilan] from Real Madrid attended the awards. Not Florentino Perez, or Vini Jr, or Carlo Ancelotti, or even Jude Bellingham.”

Before that, Vinicius was one of the favorite candidates to win the Ballon d’Or 2024. He was said to be competing with his teammate, Bellingham and also the main player of Manchester City and the Spanish national team, Rodri.

With the news from Romano, Rodri is widely said to be the winner of Ballon d’Or 2024. The player who successfully led the Spanish national team to win Euro 2024 is also in Paris for the award presentation.

The Ballon d’Or 2024 is the 68th edition of the individual prize for the best football players in the world, both in the male and female categories.

As the organizer, UEFA in collaboration with the French media, L’Equipe has a total of 60 male and female players for this award.

A total of 30 names of male and female footballers will compete for the Ballon d’Or 2024 based on their performance from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024. The Ballon d’Or itself is the most prestigious award for athletes football.

The winner of the Ballon d’Or 2024 will be determined by voting by 100 journalists from national teams ranked in the top 100 in the FIFA rankings.

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(Jal)