Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has sent out a warning shot to the world after finishing second in the Ballon d’Or vote, claiming he will be back.
The Brazilian was the hot favourite going into the week, with Los Blancos taking it as a given that he would win, and Nike even setting out a plan to decorate their shops in Madrid with gold to pay homage to him. Upon finding out that he had not won, Vinicius and Real Madrid decided not to attend the gala in Paris on Monday night, believing they had been disrespected. It meant cancelling their after party too.
Eu farei 10x se for preciso. Eles não estão preparados.
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr) October 28, 2024
Vinicius sent a message on Twitter/X after the award had been given out, saying “I’ll do it 10x if I need to. They are not ready.”
Certainly Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping that this can spark a reaction in his star winger, and amongst his squad after a brutal defeat in El Clasico. Ancelotti himself won the manager of the year award, but was not present to collect, sending out his own message on Twitter/X thanking Vinicius.
Vinicius deserves the award than rodri
Come on try to be humble
Vinicius Junior was robbed. This is a shame to the football world.
Racist much?? The Ballon d’Or award as always been filled with bigotry and favoritism and now adding racism to the mix!!!! Rodri wasn’t even the best player in Spain’s squad or at Manchester City so how the heck did he win a Ballon d’Or???
Childish
He is being considered as an African.
So literally you mean to say that Africans aint human 🤔
Does humility comes with being cheated or robbed of your credit?. He should humble himself by been quite?. You don’t grow like this, No!. Corrupt institution.
Anything that involves France they must be some level of favoritism or cheating involved. When Samuel E’too was rope from this very award and given to Fabio canavaro I knew any can happen so far as Ballon D’or is concern .
on a norms i didn’t expect to see vini carry it nor rodri,
it was carvajar i expected to win it cuz he won everything that vini won and even add to euros that he won with spain
Vinicius junior was robb this is racsim shame to football world. V.junior show dem do it again