UEFA and its president Aleksander Ceferin published a formal denial on Saturday about comments attributed to the Slovenian leader regarding Vinicius.
Social networks, a space also used to start rumors, recently targeted Aleksander Ceferin. The UEFA president would have positioned himself in favor of Rodri (Manchester City)/Spain), winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or last Monday in Paris. “ We categorically deny the claims circulating about UEFA's alleged comments on the Ballon d'Or result », We can read in a press release sent on Saturday to the Spanish-language press agency EFE.
On October 31, the account X from Topskills Sports UK attributed to Aleksander Ceferin the following comments about Rodri compared to Vinicius, the Brazilian striker from Real Madrid who came second in the Ballon d'Or: “ Additionally, he won the Euros and was named the tournament's best player, and he won the Premier League. I think if he played for Pérez's team (the president of Real), he would immediately ask for the Ballon d’Or! Overall, football is all about respect and ethics. »
A total boycott of Real
Announced as the big favorite for the 2024 Ballon d'Or, Vinicius did not attend the Parisian ceremony last Monday evening, like the entire White House delegation. The Spanish club wanted to express its anger at not seeing the left winger or Dani Carvajal win the famous individual trophy. His coach Carlo Ancelotti was therefore unable to receive the award for best coach of the year, like Kylian Mbappé deprived of that of top scorer of the season (Gerd Muller Trophy), shared with Harry Kane, 52 goals scored each.
