Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says Rodri deserved to win the Ballon d’Or last year and that this year the award should go to a player from the club.

There was much debate last month about the Ballon d’Or award. After it was suggested Vinicius Junior would win the accolade, only for Manchester City midfielder Rodri to win it instead. Vinicius ended up

finishing second in the prize, behind clubmates Jude Bellingham and Dani Carvajal.

Madrid found out about Rodri’s win at the last minute before it was announced and decided not to send anyone to the event, even though other members of the squad, such as coach Carlo Ancelotti, had won trophies.

Perez was full of praise for Rodri at the club’s general assembly on Sunday but said the award should have gone to a Los Blancos player this year. “

This Ballon d’Or is an award jointly organised by UEFA and France Football for the first time in history. I would like to say that Rodri is an outstanding player.http://ufabet999.app “He’s from Madrid, he’s loved by us,” Perez said.

“He deserves the Ballon d’Or, but it was last year, not this year. This year it’s for the Madrid players. There are calls for Vinicius to win it but it could have been Carvajal, our captain, or Bellingham. It’s very difficult to explain.”