A week after Rodri was awarded the 2024 Ballon d'Or, La Cadena Ser claims that Real Madrid did not dare to tell Vinicius that he was not the winner even though the club had known it since Friday.
Refusing to come to Paris for the presentation of the Ballon d'Or, while the organizers have always said that there was total secrecy regarding the name of the winner, Real Madrid provoked a lot of criticism. Florentino Perez has indeed come across as a bad loser, since the president of the Merengue has ostensibly snubbed this annual meeting where Madrid has often had the spotlight. However, while it was said that Real had only learned the bad news for Vinicius Jr on Monday noon, the Chain Being, in his show Carrusel Canallareveals that the club knew since Friday that the Brazilian striker would probably not be the winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or, which nevertheless seemed promised to them. But, determined not to disturb its Brazilian star just before the Clasico against Barça, Real Madrid preferred to wait until the match was over to talk to the player and those around him. Although this did not prevent Barcelona from putting a correction in Madrid, Vinicius Jr only knew the truth on Monday.
Madrid knew but said nothing about the Ballon d'Or
This revelation is Antón Meana, Spanish journalist who did so, citing sources close to Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr: « Real Madrid was aware of the decision of the Ballon d'Or organization, but decided to keep silent, supposedly, so as not to distract Vinícius Jr. before the match against FC Barcelona. » Real Madrid waited until the last moment to cancel their flight to Paris, the Chain Being explaining that many personalities who had been invited to this occasion were already at the meeting point set by the club before learning that everything was ultimately canceled. Certainly, the famous secret mentioned by France-Football still seemed well out, since in addition to Real Madrid, Riles, a French YouTuber, had announced the day before the trophy presentation that it was Rodri who would be rewarded and not Vinicius Jr.
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