About two weeks before France Football announced the final list of players nominated for the Golden Globe award by the French magazine of the world's best player, rumors were rife with a video about the three players who will compete for the prestigious prize on the third of next month.
The French magazine has announced a list of 30 names competing for the award, including the two stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Egyptian star Mohammed Salah and Croatian star Luka Modric, winner of two European Player of the Year and the best player in the world, according to the World Federation of Football (FIFA).
EXCLUSIF #BallondOr: Après dépoulement de la moitié des votes, le trio de tête est le suivant: 1) Modric 2) @raphaelvarane 3) @KMbappe. Info @xbarretfoot @RFIRadioFoot @RFIsports - Eric Mamruth (@MamruthRFI) November 9, 2018 |
A French sports journalist named Eric Mamaroth said on the 9th of this month that "after counting half of the votes, the three who advance the race are Medric, the French star, Real Madrid defender Rafael Farran, his compatriot and the Paris St Germain striker Mbabi."
Yesterday, France Football published a thirty-second promotional video about the candidates in the prize, which reinforced the leaks after the three candidates appeared at the beginning of the section. They were Mbabi, Faran and Mudritic, followed by players such as Salah, Ronaldo, Messi and others.
The two stars Ronaldo and Messi, who had won five gold balls in the past, were notable. If the leaks are true, the era of Messi and Ronaldo's monopoly of the Golden Ball is over.