Not even the winner of the Ballon d'Or knows that it is until tonight's gala, sources from the organization of the trophy created in 1956 by France Football magazine assured EFE.
After the delegation of Real Madrid canceled his trip to Paris for the gala because he is certain that his Brazilian striker Vinicius will not be the winner, as all the forecasts indicated, the organizers wanted to make some clarifications.
Unlike previous editions, they point out, on this occasion France Footballwhich organizes the gala jointly with the UEFA for the first time, he has not informed the winner in advance.
Nor, they add, was there a traditional interview with the winner or a photo session with the trophy to appear in the next issue of the French publication.
Not even his club was informed that one of its players would be the winner, say the organizers, who consider “Real Madrid's position incomprehensible.”
The white club, which was convinced that Viniciuswinner of the Champions League and of the Spanish league, would be the winner, announced that he would not be represented in Paris. The white club is nominated for the award for best men's club, best men's coach (Ancelotti) and prize Lightning the best goalkeeper for The moon.
At that moment, the hypothesis was triggered that the rewarded would be the Spanish from Manchester City Rodri, winner of the Euro Cup and the English league.
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