Cant even call the ballon d'or rigged, its become a disgrace to football now, Its a PR trophy literally
Congratulations to Dembele on winning it and he completely deserved but...
1) How tf is Cole Palmer in the top 10?? He shouldn't even have been nominated for top 30, 5 months without a single goal in the prem and he's top 10 and that too above Nuno Mendes?? For what mickey mouse trophies club wc and conference league??
2) Raphinha at 5th is utter disrespect, best player at Barca last season, equaled CR7 for most GA in a UCL campaign, but didn't get the PR just because he isn't 17 yrs old, if not 1st then 2nd obviously
3) Best CM in the world Pedri at 11th?? Like Howwwwww????? If Vitinha 3rd then Pedri easily top 8, in fact i was rooting for either Pedri or Vitinha to win the Ballon D'or but 11th is a disgrace
4) Vini Jr above Lewa, Joao Neves and Mctominay?? Vini did nothing and won nothing last season and the impact Mctominay had on Napoli, Neves with PSG and the amount of goals Lewa scored...
5) Gyokeres over Other strikers like Lewa, Guirassy and Lautoro? Guirassy was top scorer in UCL, Lautoro scored in ever UCL knockout except the final and that swedish dude got a higher ranking for statpadding in Portuguese league?
6) Olise and Fabian Ruiz in the bottom 5 is just unacceptable,Olise Maybe the most important player for Bayern and Ruiz a key player for PSG only to be below Jude Bellingham lol!!
7) How did Rice even get nominated?? for 2 freekicks against Madrid?? He was a key player but took them to nowhere, there was Kimmich, Caicedo, Gravenberch, maybe Bruno even VALVERDE to nominate.
Maybe Van Dijk also could've been higher idk, but this trophy has become an absolute joke , its a popularity contest, even Globe Soccer Awards are more fair that this joke of a trophy

Games Gone!! (ballon d'or)
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https://youtu.be/WDRMpDrfCqQ?si=hRQjtAqkVlrfr0Kp This video explains it well. There's been a big bias for Barca and Madrid since the Messi v Ronaldo debate, because those two clubs take it very seriously, while another clubs seem to care more about team achievements. The video gave an example that if Salah was European and played for Barca/Madrid, he would have a D'Or already. Also, it's largely become about promoting the player now
Exactly as I said, its become a popularity contest for years now, its not given to the best players but to the most popular ones
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