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Ballon d'Or 2024 results 'LEAKED'
Cameron Smith
- 28 Oct 2024 10:30 GMT
- 3 min read
The 2024 Ballon d’Or results have reportedly been ‘leaked’ ahead of the ceremony in Paris on Monday evening.
The winner will officially be unveiled at the Theatre du Chatelet, with Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Junior the heavy favourite among bookmakers, despite competition from Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri.
Vinicius Jr scored 26 goals and provided 11 assists in all competitions during the 2023-24 campaign as Real Madrid won both La Liga and the Champions League.
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He is expected to become just the third player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d’Or since 2007, and Vinicius’ win has reportedly already been confirmed by a leaked list of the results.
Vinicius Junior to win the 2024 Ballon d’Or
Vinicius has picked up 630 points, according to an unconfirmed list revealed by The Daily Mail, with the Real Madrid superstar set to scoop up the award for the first time in his career.
Rodri will reportedly finish second, ahead of Jude Bellingham in third and Kylian Mbappe in fourth.
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Rodri helped Man City win the Premier League and he also played a key role as Spain won the European Championship in July. Meanwhile, Bellingham enjoyed a sublime debut season at Real Madrid and Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain claim yet another Ligue 1 title.
As per the unconfirmed leaked results, Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane will finish fifth, with Erling Haaland, Lamine Yamal, Phil Foden, Dani Olmo and Florian Wirtz completing the top 10.
In addition, Real Madrid duo Dani Carvajal and Antonio Rudiger will reportedly finish 11th and 12th respectively.
The remainder of the top 30 hasn’t been leaked, but the aforementioned Messi and Ronaldo both won’t feature after being omitted from the list of nominees.
However, Cole Palmer, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Mats Hummels, Nico Williams and Ruben Dias are among the players who have been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or and they could finish inside in the top 20.
