UEFA will return to the Ballon d’Or, a trophy that awards the best footballer of the season and is part of the France Football sports newspaper. This newspaper worked together with FIFA to deliver the most important individual award in the world of football. Players like Zidane, Maldini, Van Basten, Shevchenko, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have already won it.
It was in 2016 when France Football and FIFA broke their relationship and it was decided that each would present an award. The French the Ballon d’Or and FIFA the The Best. Since then, each has awarded its awards separately, but as UEFA confirmed yesterday, France Football will once again award its prize jointly.
Thus, France Football will ally with UEFA and will award the trophy to the best player of the 2023/24 season in the next edition held on October 28. Also something that will change will be the meritocracy of this, which will again be based on the performance of the course and not the calendar year.
The France Football – UEFA alliance for the Ballon d’Or means that this award once again regains its prestige. Since its separation from FIFA, each year that has passed, it seemed to lose weight despite continuing to be the most important trophy in football on an individual level.
There are some players who are rumored to be awarded thanks to their excellent season and the nominees will not be announced until September 4. Even so, these would be the favorites today:
In the absence of the Copa América being played, Vinícius Júnior’s season is outstanding. He has been fundamental for Real Madrid in both La Liga and the Champions League. The Brazilian has, so far, 24 goals and 11 assists, having scored in all the Champions League qualifiers to end up proclaiming himself, for the second time, European champion with the merengue team.
d v Real Madrid CF – UEFA Champions League Final 2023/24 / Marvin Ibo Guengoer – GES Sportfoto/GettyImages
Jude Bellingham has become one of the best players in the world. He landed at Real Madrid and since then, his life has smiled on him. Without knowing what Jude will do in the Euro Cup, the Englishman has scored 23 goals and given 13 assists. He is fundamental in Carlo Ancelotti’s team and we will see if he is important with the English team in EURO 2024.
His season is not one of the most outstanding. However, Kylian has managed to score 44 goals throughout his last season with Paris Saint Germain, just as he has provided 10 goal assists. In the absence of the Euro Cup, Kylian does not have bad numbers and could be one of the favorites to win the Ballon d’Or if France wins the Euro Cup with a good performance from Mbappé.
In his last season as a football player, Toni Kroos has shown that he is at a very high level. Many describe him as the best midfielder in the world today, after being a fundamental pillar for Ancelotti’s team, directing the whites’ game as if he were an orchestra conductor. The German will play his last games as a footballer with his country’s shirt in the Euro Cup. If Germany won the championship with a good performance from Kroos, he would be a candidate to receive the Ballon d’Or award. He would be the first retired footballer to collect it.
Despite a season without titles at Byaern Munich, Harry Kane has been the attacking reference for the Bavarian team. The Englishman, regardless of what he does in the Euro Cup, has scored 44 goals and assisted on 12 occasions. The numbers are not bad but the lack of titles penalizes them. The Euro Cup would be the only ray of light for him to be one of the favorites for the Ballon d’Or.
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