“Madrid is in shock and anger.” The newspaper writes it Asafter the news leaked from Paris that he will win the Ballon d’Or Rodri rather than Vinicius Jr. “If the award criteria do not proclaim Vinicius the winner, the same criteria should proclaim Carvajal the winner. Since this did not happen, it is clear that the Ballon d’Or and UEFA do not respect Real Madrid. And Real Madrid does not stay where it is not respected”, this is the message that comes from Real. The Brazilian’s entourage already knows that he will not win and no one from Real Madrid will therefore travel to the French capital, except, in any case, the manager Emilio Butragueño.
It was Vinicius himself who decided not to participate in the gala evening scheduled for tonight, with the support of his teammates. He had arranged a charter flight that would take off around 3pm with the captain, coach, team management members and family members. About 50 people. But everything came to a halt minutes before takeoff, when it was revealed in a preview that Vinicius would not be the winner.
The 30 finalists of the Ballon d’Or
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/England)
Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Inter/Türkiye)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid/Spain)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Portugal)
Artem Dovbyk (Girona-Roma/Ukraine)
Phil Foden (Manchester City/England)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen/Spain)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City/Norway)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund-Roma/Germany)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/England)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Germany)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/Nigeria)
Emiliano Martinez (Manchester City/Argentina)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter/Argentina)
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain-Real Madrid/France)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal/Norway)
Dani Olmo (Leipzig-Barcelona/Spain)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea/England)
Declan Rice (Arsenal/England
Rodri (Manchester City/Spain)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid/Germany)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal/England)
William Saliba (Arsenal/France)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid/Uruguay)
Vinicius (Real Madrid/Brazil)
Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal)
Nico Williams (Athletic Club/Spain)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen/Switzerland)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spain)