Ballon d’Or shenanigans, PSG in danger

With Real Madrid absent from the Ballon d’Or ceremony, another giant of Spain took the opportunity to place its pawns for a dizzying transfer.

In the heart of the season, the football world turned to Paris last Monday to know the name of the best player of the 2023-2024 season. A trophy always eagerly awaited and which, for the first time in a long time, revealed a real surprise with Rodri’s victory, for his importance in the play of his teams (Manchester City and Spain), more than for his statistics. An outcome that Real Madrid did not appreciate, which gave rise to a rather childish boycott on the part of the Merengue club, so accustomed to hosting all the Ballons d’Or in its galaxy.

Real sulks, Barça takes advantage

This absence was more than noticed, because the Casa Blanca team was seen as a “bad loser” for once. But on the other hand, there is one club which has won this little game, it is FC Barcelona. For its female players, Lamine Yamal or its hopefuls, the Catalan club was there in Paris and according to Relevo, this allowed a meeting to take place in the heart of Paris. Like several PSG players, Vitinha was present at the Théâtre du Châtelet, and he was discreetly presented to the leaders of FC Barcelona through his agent Jorge Mendes. A well-known super-agent of all major European clubs.

Joan Laporta and Vitinha were thus able to exchange and this is clearly no coincidence since the Portuguese interests many people in Spain. There was certainly Real Madrid, but now FC Barcelona is mentioned, especially as the way of playing and the current form make the culé club an interesting destination again. PSG risks seeing these surreptitious presentations during the ceremony worrying it, knowing that Vitinha has become a key element of the Parisian club. However, according to the Spanish press, if there is any fear to be had, it is more due to the financial means of Real Madrid than those in great difficulty of FC Barcelona.

Nevertheless, in the setting of the heart of the Parisian capital, Vitinha was able to see that he was still popular in a La Liga championship which he really likes.