Ballon d’Or winner announced by mistake

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By: Manu Tournoux

The organization of the Ballon d’Or failed by mistakenly lifting the veil on the identity of the lucky 2026 winner.

Harry Kane Ballon d’Or! The thunderclap fell at the end of the day on the official website dedicated to the trophy. In a speech extolling the merits of the English striker, author of 61 goals last season. A leak which obviously did not go unnoticed…

“ The official Ballon d’Or website published an article announcing Harry Kane’s coronation. Either it’s an error or it’s bad timing but in any case, it’s the official site…
», notably relayed the insider Romain Molina on social networks, observing that the Bayern scorer was not the only one concerned.

The other big favorites, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal, were also entitled to their hasty “officialization”. Through dedicated articles developed of course in advance but published by mistake on the media of the supreme individual trophy.

The Top 3 revealed?

“ The official Ballon d’Or website also published an article announcing the coronation of Kylian MbappĂ©. Rarely seen something so unprofessional since the articles are put ONLINE (they must have done the same with Yamal I imagine) », Romain Molina was able to add before the confirmation of this latest information.

“ The geniuses who manage the Ballon d’Or have just deleted the three articles announcing the coronation of Kane, MbappĂ© and Yamal. They therefore also gave the top 3 who had to be “protected at all costs” Great organization! » This is the somewhat stale suspense indeed. The three names thus mentioned, however, are those of the great favorites of the evening.