"As for the Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal is my favorite. He is my age, and Lamine is incredible, he is a phenomenon, and I have nothing else to add. You saw him in the last match against us. It is an honor to play with a player and a person like him." (translated)
🚨 Thierry Henry 🇫🇷 : "MICHAEL OLISE 🇫🇷 IS DIFFERENT ON AND OFF THE PITCH. 🤩 He is an EXCEPTIONAL guy! He is exemplary at all levels. What he does off the ball is not normal. He is the one who runs the most, who recovers the most balls. (…) He always thinks of the team above all, he is a unique player. I HAD NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS DESTINY, ZERO. ❌ He is a guy who reconciles you with football, it was a bit hard lately." (translated)
🚨 Thierry Henry 🇫🇷: "Who can win the Ballon d'Or 🌕? No matter who wins it this year, IT WILL BE DESERVED [...] 🙌 The best French player of the World Cup, IT'S MBAPPÉ 🇫🇷, WE MUST SAY IT. There are those who have won the Ballon d'Or without winning a title and WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM. The emotion you give to people goes above titles." (translated)
🚨 Thierry Henry 🇫🇷: "TODAY'S YOUNGSTERS WANT TO WIN THE BALLON D'OR BEFORE THE WORLD CUP. 🌕 I have no problem with that, but THINGS ARE CHANGING. ❌ Desires are changing. The Champions League has become something very, very, very strong." (translated)
🚨🚨💣 THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF KYLIAN MBAPPÉ 🇫🇷 FOR THE BALLON D'OR 🌕 HAS NOT "RECEIVED AN EXTRAORDINARY WELCOME" FROM THE JUDGES… ❌😶🌫️ Pascal FERRÉ 🇫🇷, former editor-in-chief of France Football and co-responsible for the Ballon d'Or, on Kylian MBAPPÉ's media campaign 👇: "WE SAW A CANDIDATE SELF-PROCLAIMING AS THE CHOSEN ONE AND THE FAVORITE, IN ALL LANGUAGES AND ON ALL CONTINENTS. 😅 The good option? WE'LL SEE. But why campaign? It's not the public that votes, IT'S THE JUDGES… AND HAVING STAYED IN TOUCH WITH THEM, I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS CAMPAIGN RECEIVED AN EXTRAORDINARY RECEPTION. 😳❌ I am convinced that it did not influence their votes. Maybe it will work, BUT IF IT WORKS, IT COULD CREATE A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR THE YEARS TO COME that could turn into A LOOTING FAIR." (translated)
🚨🚨 Pascal FERRÉ 🇫🇷, former editor of France Football and co-responsible for the Ballon d’Or, ON HIS BALLON D’OR 🌕 2026 👇 : "I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR LAMINE YAMAL 🇪🇸 I ADMIT. 🙌 I would have given it to a player who has either won the Champions League or the World Cup according to logic." (translated)
🚨🚨🚨 Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ 🇫🇷 : “An argument to elect me for the Ballon d'Or 🌕? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. I NEVER DID THAT, GUYS. I NEVER SELL MYSELF!!! 😆❌ ” (translated)
"OUSMANE DEMBÉLÉ: 'I'M 29 YEARS OLD, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.' The Ballon d'Or speaks about the so-called 'differences' with Kylian Mbappé: 'I don't want to comment on all these stories, they are little wars on social media. I'm 29 years old, I don't have time for that.'" (translated)
"GÉRARD MARTÍN: 'LAMINE YAMAL SHOULD WIN THE BALLON D'OR' Journalist: 'Would he deserve the Ballon d'Or if they gave it to him as well?' Gérard Martín: 'Yes, yes, yes. For me, Lamine is the best player, so he should win it.'" (translated)
🚨 Harry Kane on Ballon d’Or: “The Ballon d’Or would be a massive success for me, but at the moment I’m concentrating on performing again this season”. “It’s obviously special for me that the ceremony is taking place in London. An English player hasn’t won it for over 20 years, https://t.co/rx0PboRR14 #BallondOr #HarryKane #Football #GB
🌕✨ Thibaut Courtois: “The Ballon d’Or for me should be Kylian Mbappé”. “The Ballon d'Or should be for who has been the best player in the world this year, not necessarily to who won the most trophies”, told Onda Cero. https://t.co/72gOhGUTX4 #BallonDor #KylianMbappe #ThibautCourtois #FR #BE
🚨🚨 Thibaut COURTOIS 🇧🇪: "Kylian MBAPPÉ 🇫🇷 deserves the Ballon d'Or 🌕 for me!!! I spoke to players here and in the national team. Everyone was ASTONISHED BY THE SPEED with which he surpasses players with his speed. ⚡️ And then you have his goals ⚽️. (…) The Ballon d'Or should go to the best, not to the one who has won the most trophies. Otherwise, with this criterion, CARVAJAL 🇪🇸 should have won it two years ago." 🎙️ Onda Cero (translated)
🚨🚨 THE CALL OF THE BALLON D'OR 🌕 IN 2018 LEFT LUKA MODRIC 🇭🇷 SPEECHLESS AND IN TEARS (the day he learned in private that his life was about to change…). 🥹 Pascal Ferré, the person in charge of the trophy at the time, TELLS 👇 : 🗣️ “I had the chance to visit the 4-5 major favorites before the Ballon d'Or 🌕 to tell them how it would go if they won: Antoine GRIEZMANN 🇫🇷 took this visit as a sign of a likely victory, which is understandable… As soon as the results were known, I called Luka MODRIC 🇭🇷 WHO DID NOT ANSWER. He called me back 5-6 minutes later, and I said, "Welcome to the big family of Ballon d'Or." SILENCE. NOBODY ON THE LINE: I thought the line had cut off… 😳 I HEARD TEARS 🥹 then he composed himself asking if it was really true… a few days later when I went to see him for the interview, he said, "I need to confide in you": 👉 The day you called me when I didn’t answer, I WASN’T BUSY I SAW THE CALL AND I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME: I WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTIONS AND UNABLE TO ANSWER… 🥹🥹🥹” (translated)
"LAMINE YAMAL SHOULD WIN THE BALLON D'OR!" (translated)
🚨 THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS BOWS DOWN TO LAMINE YAMAL 🇪🇸 ! 🤩👇 ▫️ AS 🇪🇸 : "Lamine, a genius in Seville." ▫️ Marca 🇪🇸 : "Lamine Yamal is golden." ▫️ BBC Sport 🏴 : "Lamine strengthens his chances for the Ballon d'Or." ▫️ L’Equipe 🇫🇷 : "Lamine, unstoppable." ▫️ RMC Sport 🇫🇷 : "A Ballon d'Or match." ▫️ La Gazzetta dello Sport 🇮🇹 : "Super Yamal." ▫️ Corriere dello Sport 🇮🇹 : "Show of Spain, Yamal's double." ▫️ BILD 🇩🇪 : "Battle for the Ballon d'Or." ▫️ A Bola 🇵🇹 : "A magical night for Lamine Yamal." 🗞️ via @diarioas (translated)
🚨 INCREDIBLE! Among all the nominees for the Ballon d'Or, only Messi's post has surpassed 1 million likes on Instagram. The world wants Messi to lift the Ballon d'Or one last time. 🐐🤩 (translated)
🇪🇸✨ Nico Williams: “Anyone who understand football, knows that Lamine Yamal should win the Ballon d’Or”. “I hope Lamine wins it. If you really know about football, and you really enjoy football, then you know Lamine is the best”. https://t.co/S89o68BbWJ #BalónDeOro #Fútbol #LamineYamal #ES
If Lamine Yamal doesn't win the @ballondor 2026, it will be a robbery and a loss of credibility for this increasingly emphasized award. What a show from the cocky one, match after match; tomorrow it's video time in the style of a dreamer... be careful, be careful, Mr. cocky! Air out the house! (translated)
"Nico Williams: 'Lamine, for those who know football and enjoy football, is the best. I hope he will win the Ballon d'Or.'" (translated)
🚨 Lamine Yamal 🇪🇸 : « JE NE JOUE PAS SEULEMENT POUR CE BALLON D’OR. 🌕 Je joue pour moi, pour les supporters, pour continuer à gagner… Plus proche de le gagner ? JE NE SAIS PAS, CE N’EST PAS MOI QUI VOTE. Il y a un mois, vous disiez que j’étais mauvais. JE SAIS QU’À TOUT MOMENT, VOUS DIREZ LA MÊME CHOSE. Je suis tranquille. » 🎙️ Zone Mixte via @mundodeportivo #LamineYamal #BallonDor #Football
