The Ballon d'Or gala ended at the Theater Chatelet in Paris. Fans from all over the world met the best player of last season. Until recently, everything indicated that the plebiscite would be won by the Brazilian winger – Vinicius Junior, but ultimately the award was won by Rodri. Just before the ceremony began, shocking reports emerged indicating that this was exactly what would happen. At the last minute, the Real Madrid delegation decided not to come to Paris, which aroused a number of suspicions.
Kroos shocked everyone. He posted something like this during the Ballon d'Or gala. It just raised the temperature
Just recently, the British daily “Daily Mail” published alleged leaks that were supposed to confirm that the Ballon d'Or would go to Vinicius. However, new ones appeared on Monday. The French press revealed that the Real player was to be defeated by Rodri from Manchester City. This scenario allegedly caused the representatives of the Madrid club to boycott the gala. – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is furious. The delegation of the Madrid club canceled everything related to their visit to Paris – says RMC Sport.
Indeed, no representatives of Real Madrid appeared in the audience of the Theater Chatelet. When the ceremony was in full swing, a former player of this club – Toni Kroos – shared an unexpected entry on Instagram. The midfielder, who retired after the season, apparently wanted to heat up the atmosphere and posted a photo of himself with Vinicius. He signed the picture with an eloquent statement: “The best”.
The post quickly spread across the Internet and sparked another wave of speculation. It seems that the German footballer may have known about the results and publicly demonstrated that he did not agree with the verdict of the voters in the “France Football” plebiscite.
Kroos's attitude is all the more surprising because not long ago he swore that he did not attach much importance to the award. – The Ballon d'Or is not important to me. If someone from Real Madrid wins it, it will be good. Vini deserves it, Jude deserves it and Carvajal deserves it, but I don't care – he said in an interview for TVE.