Talking on the the annual congress hosted by the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid on Friday, La Liga president Javier Tebas surprisingly named Actual Madrid megastar Vinicius Jr. as a attainable contender for the 2025 Ballon d’Or.
Vinicius got here ever so near successful the Golden Orb final yr solely to complete second behind Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri.
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Through the 2024/25 marketing campaign, although, the Actual Madrid and Brazil winger was removed from his finest for membership and nation, with accidents and lack of consistency affecting him.
The 24-year-old attacker has 21 objectives and ten assists from over 50 video games this season and might add to that tally on the FIFA Membership World Cup.
Regardless of that, Vinicius and Actual Madrid haven’t gained any main honours this season with their solely success coming within the type of the UEFA Tremendous Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Vini a Ballon d’Or contender once more says Tebas. (Photograph by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Pictures)
As such, Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, who gained the home treble and is within the finals of the UEFA Nations League with Spain, is seen as a powerful contender for the Ballon d’Or. However Tebas reckons the winner ought to be one between the teen and Vinicius.
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“It ought to be between Lamine Yamal or Vinicius,” stated Tebas, as quoted by .
When requested why he believes Vinicius ought to be within the working, the La Liga president elaborated:
“He hasn’t had an awesome season however we mustn’t overlook that he was excellent at the start. To be Ballon d’Or is the sum whole of a season and he nonetheless has just a few extra worldwide video games and the Membership World Cup to go.”
“These two gamers are taking part in in Spain,” he added.
Regardless of Tebas’ claims, this can be very unlikely at this level that Vinicius is in competition for the Ballon d’Or this yr, provided that Actual Madrid haven’t gained any main titles.