One voter left Lamine Yamal out of his Ballon d’Or top-10, but had another Barcelona star at no.1
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6-second readCroatia’s representative voter for this year’s Ballon d’Or sprung a major surprise in leaving Barcelona star Lamine Yamal out of his final top-10.
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Croatia’s representative voter for this year’s Ballon d’Or sprung a major surprise in leaving Barcelona star Lamine Yamal out of his final top-10. The 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony of course took place in the English capital of London yesterday evening.
When all was said and done, it was Bayern Munich frontman Harry Kane who was honoured with the title of world football’s best player for the last 12 months.
Kane was followed in 2nd by Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé, with the aforementioned Lamine Yamal having rounded out the podium in 3rd. As alluded to above, though, in the eyes of one journalist, the 19-year-old was not deserving of a place anywhere close to the top of the ‘Golden Ball’ shortlist.
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