He Ballon d’Or 2024 It will be awarded by the vote of 100 journalists, corresponding to the first 100 countries in the FIFA rankings. In the case of Spain, the journalist participating in this election is Alfredo Relaño, who revealed his votes for the award. He emphasizes that he voted for Vinicius Junior first, in front of the one who has become a favorite in recent hours, Rodri Hernandez.
The player of Manchester City will probably win the Ballon d’Or. He will do it first. Vinicius Junior And Daniel Carvajal, among others, whose merits seem to have been greater than those of the Spanish midfielder. He would thus become the second male player to win the prize which rewards the best player in the world, 64 years after Luis Suárez won it in 1960.
But the Spanish journalist who voted for Golden Ball revealed he didn’t vote for the City player in the first place. Relaño made eight of the 10 players he voted for public, emphasizing that he was not one of them Erling Haalandranked second last year. Additionally, he indicated that he didn’t remember two of those players, revealing the first six positions he scored.
HAS Vinicius gave him the maximum possible points, with 15. In second position, with 12 points, appears Rodri Hernandez. Relaño’s podium completes it Bellingham, to which he awarded 10 points. Then, three more madridistas appear: Toni Kroos, Dani Carvajal And Kylian Mbappé, with 8, 7 and 5 points, respectively.
From there, the doubts begin Relaño, who states that he believes he gave the final positions to Foden and Palmer, although he does not remember 100%. He also pointed out that there are players he forgets, even though he remembers the first six positions perfectly.
🚨 “15 points for Vinicius and 12 for Rodri. I didn’t include Haaland.”
🔥 @AS_Relanodirector of AS, reveals his votes for the Ballon d’Or. pic.twitter.com/6FGIshfHnD
– El Chiringuito Television (@elchiringuitotv) October 28, 2024
The journalist told it in The Chiringuitowho made a special broadcast on Twitch on the occasion of the information that appeared a few hours before the gala of Golden Ball. In them, we know that Vinicius He was left without a prize which was more than sung about. Real Madrid had prepared an expedition to travel to Paris, in what promised to be a celebration, but ultimately stayed in the Spanish capital when they learned Rodri was going to win the trophy.
Relaño votes for Ballon d’Or
- Vinicius – 15 points
- Rodri – 12 points
- Bellingham – 10 points
- Kroos – 8 points
- Carvajal – 7 points
- Mbappé – 5 points
Real Madrid, ignored
From the club, they made it known that they felt ignored and did not understand how Rodri He was able to be voted best player in the world in front of his players. They consider that Carvajal, who in addition to winning the European Cup, also won the Champions League, should have been chosen before Rodri: “If the award criteria do not proclaim Vinicius the winner, These same criteria should proclaim Carvajal the winner“.
“As this was not the case, It’s obvious they don’t respect Real Madrid. And Real Madrid is not where it is not respected,” club sources explain about the absence of any member of the Madrid discipline at the awards ceremony.
