Cadena Ser network revealed a big surprise, after it revealed that Real Madrid’s management had known about Vinicius Junior losing the Golden Ball for some time, but did not inform the player.
All indications were that Vinicius would win the Golden Ball 2024, before everyone was surprised on the day of the awards ceremony that Rodri was the winner, and accordingly Real boycotted the ceremony completely.
According to the report, what was reported that Real Madrid was informed of the news on the day of the ceremony by Manchester City officials or one day before, is not accurate.
In fact, Real Madrid’s management knew about Vinicius losing the Golden Ball even before the El Clasico match against Barcelona, but preferred not to inform the player of the matter.
Florentino Perez and his entourage wanted not to distract Vinicius before the El Clasico, which was held on Saturday and the awards ceremony was on Monday.
This had practically no effect, Real Madrid lost 4-0 to their arch-rivals, and Vinicius did not show his usual influence.
In the end, the Brazilian international was informed of the matter the night after the Clasico, which left him with great disappointment, and caused crises within Real Madrid after the decision to prevent any representative of the club from traveling.
It is worth noting that Real Madrid launched an attack on France Football from various media outlets and considered that the Ballon d’Or award had lost its value due to the lack of real criteria for determining its winner.
