Sunday 24/November/2024 – 02:09 PM
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez commented on the loss of Brazilian Vinicius Junior, the team’s player, an award Golden Ball Introduction to the best player in the world 2024, in favor of the Spanish Rodri, the English Manchester City star.
Perez’s comment on Vinicius Junior’s loss of the Ballon d’Or
Perez said in press statements: Rodri does not deserve the Ballon d’Or this year. He undoubtedly enjoys the love and appreciation of Real Madrid, but when he won everything with his team, it was in front of the world.
He added: It is clear that the Ballon d’Or award should have gone to one of the Real Madrid players this year, and regardless of the criteria applied, I believe that the Ballon d’Or award should be organized independently and that the votes for this award should be in the hands of people of recognized standing. In the world of football, who risk their reputation with their votes.
The Real Madrid club president stressed: Therefore, I thought it was appropriate for us not to attend this edition of the Ballon d’Or ceremony.
He continued: You have to ask the organizing body about the standards, but it is clear that they can do what they want at no cost, but I want to ask a question whether it makes sense to cooperate with UEFA at the present time. The Ballon d’Or should be an independent award that votes. Its recognized persons.
The Real Madrid president concluded his statements: They changed the voting system from 5 players to 10, as well as the number of points from 6 to 15, and it is surprising that with football given that we are so global, journalists from very large populations like India and others are less than a million. Nesma, and what is more, no one knows him. If it were not for Namibia, Uganda, Albania and Finland, Vinicius would have won the Ballon d’Or. Above all, these countries did not give any votes to Vinicius.
