Rodrigo Hernández took the Ballon d’Or most controversial in recent years. He Spanish from Manchester City received 1,170 votes.41 more than Viniciuswhich stayed in 1,129 votes. This was published this Friday L’Equipea medium that has shown some interesting points before the magazine draws all the votes of the 99 journalists this Saturday. The main one is that the difference between the first two, Spanish and Brazilian, was very short.
Bellinghamfor its part, finished third while Carvajal and Haaland They accompanied him in Top 5. The results of the voting were announced this Friday by the French newspaper regarding the award given by ‘France Football’. The ten footballers selected by each of the journalists received 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively.
“That people think that I can be the best in the world is already incredible for me. Being here is already a reward for me,” the 28-year-old Manchester City midfielder explained on the red carpet.
“Today is not a victory for me, it is for Spanish football, so many players who have not won it and have deserved it, like Iniesta, Xavi, Iker, Busi, like so many, it is for Spanish football and for the figure of the midfielder”said the Spaniard from City, who last year achieved a fourth consecutive title of the Premier Leaguean unprecedented milestone in 135 years of English football. His victory against Vinicius, as they have now revealed from France, was by 41 points.
The Ballon d’Or 2024 ranking
1. Rodri (Spain, Manchester City)
2. Vinicius Jr. (Brazil, Real Madrid)
3. Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid)
4. Dani Carvajal (Spain, Real Madrid)
5. Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City)
6. Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris-SG)
7. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina, Inter Milan)
8. Lamine Yamal (Spain, FC Barcelona)
9. Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
10. Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich)
11. Phil Foden (England, Manchester City)
12. Florian Wirtz (Germany, Leverkusen)
13. Dani Olmo (Spain, RB Leipzig)
14. Ademola Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta Bergamo)
15. Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Bilbao)
16. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland, Leverkusen)
17. Federico Valverde (Uruguay, Real Madrid).
18. Emiliano Martínez (Argentina, Aston Villa)
19. Martin Ödegaard (Norway, Arsenal)
20. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Türkiye, Inter Milan)
21. Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal)
22. Antonio Rüdiger (Germany, Real Madrid)
23. Rubén Días (Portugal, Manchester City)
24. William Saliba (France, Arsenal)
25. Cole Palmer (England, Manchester City, Chelsea)
26. Declan Rice (England, Arsenal)
27. Vitinha (Portugal, Paris-SG)
28. Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain, Leverkusen)
29. Artem Dovbik (Ukraine, SK-Dnipro) 1, Girona)
-. Mats Hummels (Germany, Dortmund)
