Vinicius Jr and Precise Madrid will now BOYCOTT tonight’s glitzy Ballon d’Or ceremony after discovering out he hasn’t acquired – and Man Metropolis star Rodri is already in Paris to decide on up the prize

Precise Madrid forward Vinicius Jr has reportedly refused to attend tonight’s Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris, as he believes the result is a foregone conclusion.

In fact, Spanish and French press have reported no participant, member of the administration nor educating staff from Precise will in all probability be in attendance on the glitzy ceremony tonight, held on the Theatre du Chatelet.

The shock data comes after it was reportedly leaked on Sunday that the winner of soccer’s most iconic explicit particular person prize was Vinicius Jr.

Nonetheless in a coincidence this file was incorrect and that the winner is in reality Manchester Metropolis’s midfield maestro, Rodri.

Ballon d’Or organisers urged on Monday afternoon ahead of the ceremony: ‘No participant and no membership is conscious of the winner of this yr’s Ballon d’Or however.’

RMC have reported that ‘Precise president Florentino Perez is furious’ and as a consequence, the ‘Precise Madrid delegation has cancelled its go to to Paris’.

This comes no matter Los Blancos moreover being set to win the Membership of the Yr award.

Posting on social media platform X, data internet web page MadridXtra shared a quote from journalist Jose Luis Sanchez, saying: ’50 people from Precise Madrid had been scheduled to journey to the Ballon d’Or Gala proper now. They cancelled the journey after they found Vinicius wasn’t the winner. Precise Madrid are FURIOUS. @JLSanchez78′.

ESPN Brazil even went onto confirm that Precise sources labelled the selection as ‘historic theft’.

Within the meantime, Marca reported that Precise insiders have even claimed ‘the Ballon d’Or not exists for us’.

In fact, a furious assertion from Precise to AFP talked about: ‘If the award requirements wouldn’t give it to Vinicius as a result of the winner, then these self identical requirements should stage to Carvajal as a result of the winner.

‘As this was not the case, it is clear that Ballon d’Or-UEFA does not respect Precise Madrid. And Precise Madrid does not go the place it isn’t revered.’

The official unveiling of the model new winner will in all probability be confirmed at Monday’s glitzy awards ceremony, which is due to begin spherical 7pm (UK time).

Vinicius was a scorching favourite to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or after his epic contribution foremost Madrid’s frontline to a LaLiga-UEFA Champions League double.

The Brazilian, 24, hit six targets and 4 assists in ten Champions League appearances and tallied 20 goal involvements in 26 LaLiga matches.

The leaked file appeared to point the very best 12 avid gamers based mostly totally on voting components. The unconfirmed file confirmed Vinicius Junior was the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner with 630 components – 54 higher than Rodri, who obtained right here second.

Jude Bellingham obtained right here third, within the meantime, whereas two totally different English forwards, Harry Kane and Phil Foden, obtained right here in fifth and eighth, respectively.

Kylian Mbappe is fourth, Lamine Yamal is seventh, whereas Dani Olmo, Florian Wirtz, Dani Carvajal and Antonio Rudiger are ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth respectively.

Nonetheless, perhaps surprisingly, Man Metropolis’s record-breaking goal machine, Erling Haaland, solely obtained right here sixth with 195 components.

Haaland, who accomplished second behind Messi inside the Ballon d’Or’s 2023 model, hit 38 targets in 45 video video games for Metropolis closing season, serving to them on their method to a Premier League-League Cup residence double.

One Portuguese-speaking journalist who shared the file on X: ‘If this really is the leaked Ballon d’Or file, what explains Haaland in sixth? Vini Jr deservedly the simplest on the planet.’