Brazilian striker Vinicius is the big favourite for the 2024 Ballon d’Or after Real Madrid’s 15th Champions League victory. His two teammates Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé are also among the nominees, but not Lionel Messi, who won last year for the 8th time.
The list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or, revealed on Wednesday September 4 on the website of the newspaper L’Équipe, gives pride of place to players from Spain, winners of Euro-2024, and Real Madrid, crowned champions of the Champions League, while Lionel Messi, holder of the trophy, was not selected.
This is the second time since 2005 that Messi, who won for the 8th time last year, has been out of the running for the most prestigious individual prize in the world of football, which will be awarded after a vote by a jury of journalists representing the top 100 nations in the Fifa rankings. The former FC Barcelona legend, who now plays for Inter Miami, had already been rejected in 2022.
With AFP
- FRANCE 24
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