It seems that the 2024 Ballon d’Or will go to one of Real Madrid’s players, especially since the list of candidates to win the prestigious individual title included 7 players from the royal team.
Brazilian Vinicius Junior and Englishman Jude Bellingham appear at the top of the list of players nominated to win the award, after their remarkable brilliance with Real Madrid during the past season, while the list from the Spanish capital club also includes Antonio Rudiger, Dani Carvajal, Federico Valverde, Toni Kroos (retired) and Kylian Mbappe (joined the team this summer, coming from Paris Saint-Germain).
Real Madrid players have won the Ballon d’Or many times, but never before have 3 players from… Spanish club To have won the top three places in the final award ranking in any year.
This achievement seems achievable this time, but it will depend on the final ranking of the candidates, which will be announced by France Football magazine on October 28.
Real Madrid fans hope that three of the team’s players will be crowned with the 2024 Ballon d’Or, similar to what Barcelona achieved in 2010, when the Argentine won Lionel Messi The individual title, while the Spaniards Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez won second and third places respectively.
It is noteworthy that AC Milan achieved the same achievement in 1988, when Marco van Basten won the award, while Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard took second and third place, respectively.
Milan repeated their achievement the very next year (1989), with Van Basten winning the title again, while second place went to Franco Baresi and third place to Rijkaard.
It is worth noting that the Golden Ball Award is an award given by the French magazine “France Football” to the best player in the world, every football season. This year’s award ceremony will be held on October 28, in partnership with the European Football Association “UEFA”.
List of nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or
Spanish Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Spanish Dani Olmo (transferred from Leipzig to Barcelona), Spanish Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Brazilian Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), English Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Uruguayan Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), German Toni Kroos (retired), German Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), French Kylian Mbappe (transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid), Spanish Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Ukrainian Artem Dovbyk (transferred from Girona to Roma), Spanish Rodri (Manchester City), Norwegian Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Portuguese Ruben Dias (Manchester City), English Phil Foden (Manchester City), Spanish Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), German Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Swiss Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Norwegian Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), English Declan Rice (Arsenal), English Bukaya Saka (Arsenal), French William Saliba (Arsenal), English Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Argentine Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan), German Mats Hummels (moved from Borussia Dortmund to Roma), Portuguese Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain), Nigerian Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), English Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Argentine Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa).
