Beaten by Rodri in the race for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, Vinicius took his revenge. The 24-year-old Brazilian winger won FIFA’s The Best Player of the Year award last Tuesday. He is ahead of the Citizen and his Real Madrid teammate, Jude Bellingham.
For his part, Kylian Mbappé finished in 9e place in the ranking. Also, the former Parisian does not appear in the eleven of the year. A hard blow for the kid from Bondy, who even saw Didier Deschamps not put him at the top of his vote. Indeed, “DD” reserved the 2e place for his captain between Vinicius and Rodri. A choice “ surprising » for Bertrand Latour, who goes so far as to think of a deliberate act on the part of the French coach.
“Maybe it’s on purpose given the relationship between the two…”
“ This is very surprising from my point of view. I can tell you very calmly, to the extent that Mbappé and his entourage look at the votes of the boss of France Football when he wants to be named Ballon d’Or, you can well imagine that the choice of his own coach, who put a another guy before him (Vinicius), they saw him. And I’m not sure that makes them happy. Maybe it’s on purpose given the relationship between the two…
», Confided Bertrand Latour on the Canal Football Club set on Sunday.
And to add: “ We know that he (Deschamps) is very strategically skilled. He always defends his players. And there, putting another player (Vinicius) before him… We can agree with the choice. Because it matches the season. But given his position it is extremely surprising. The choice of his own coach, I’m not sure that that pleases Mbappé and his entourage. » This should not help the relationship between Mbappé and his coach.
