Little fun session.
Won by Rodri, the 2024 Ballon d’Or was for nothing and has not stopped getting people talking, or even whining (especially in Madrid). But as France Football has just revealed the details of the ballot, it is time to go find the wackiest and craziest votes of this edition. And to start, nothing better than seeing that Kylian Mbappé takes first placefrom the Ivorian journalist. A choice that is debatable, a bit like that of his Nigerian and Trinidadian colleagues. In fact, the latter have respectively placed Ademola Lookman and Lautaro Martínez in first place. Ok it’s nice for them, but it’s actually quite crazy.
But Nigeria is not the only country where we have decided to make the choice of the heart speak, since‘Hakan Çalhanoglu finishes third in his compatriot’s rankingwhen Vitinha landed a top 10 (8th!) with the Portuguese colleague. We can also have fun with the many top 10s collected by Rúben Dias, but it is perhaps the Namibian journalist who made among the strongestby not putting Vinicus in the first 10, by crowning Jude Bellingham and by hoisting Granit Xhaka up to fifth place! Finally, placed first in four countries, Dani Carvjal is favored by the Hungarian journalist who ranks him first, and we know why the Hungarians appreciate him.
Strangely, no one voted for Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo…
The 2024 Ballon d’Or would have only been decided by a few votes
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