If Ousmane Dembélé is the big winner of the prestigious award, Vinicius Jr also was talked about. After the announcement of his 16ᵉ place in the Golden Ball 2025 ranking, the Real Madrid player posted a montage of two photos on Instagram – one in a swimming pool, the other in a sauna – illustrating his recovery routine, accompanied by the song “Him All Along“Rapper Gunna.
The chosen words evoke luxury, revenge and domination, revealing a encrypted message on his state of mind in the face of disappointment and criticism: “I flooded a gold coin”,, “I'm going to crush all these insignificant rappers”… A post interpreted by many as a symbolic reaction to its downgrading in the prestigious classification, when it had finished second in the previous year, behind Rodri. On October 24, 2024, the Manchester City midfielder had created the surprise by becoming the first Sacred Spanish Ballon d'Or for 64 years. At the time, Vinicius then assured: “I will do ten times more if necessary. They are not ready. »» The Brazilian striker had a much more complicated 2024-2025 season.
