
Rodri believes that Lamine Yamal will quickly win the Golden Ball sooner or later – Picture: REUTERS
On the morning of October 29, Rodri formally surpassed Vinicius to turn into the proprietor of the 2024 Golden Ball title. In the meantime, the title of Greatest Younger Participant of Rodri’s junior within the Spanish staff is Lamine Yamal.
On the similar time, Yamal was much more stunning when he completed in eighth place on the 2024 Golden Ball rankings. The Barca participant ranked proper above Toni Kroos (ninth place) and Harry Kane (tenth place).
This 17-year-old striker had a season of excellent improvement when making his debut for Barcelona. After which grew to become a key issue for the Spain staff on the journey to successful the Euro 2024 championship.
Witnessing the wonderful improvement of his juniors, 2024 Golden Ball title holder Rodri believes that Yamal will quickly win the Golden Ball. 鈥淪olely Lamine Yamal informed me that I might win the Golden Ball tonight. He’ll win this award quickly, I am positive. Please proceed to attempt to play nicely, Lamine,” Rodri affirmed.

Along with the Greatest Younger Participant title, Yamal additionally ranked eighth within the 2024 Golden Ball checklist – Picture: REUTERS
The Man Metropolis midfielder additionally despatched his gratitude to his seniors: “In the present day’s victory is not only for me however for the entire of Spanish soccer. Many gamers like Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Iker Casillas should elevate this title as soon as.”
The 2024 Golden Ball Award is voted for by journalists around the globe. Particularly, the Males’s Golden Ball title is voted by 100 journalists from international locations with groups within the high 100 on this planet (based on FIFA rankings).
France Soccer journal will announce 30 nominations and every journalist will vote for 10 gamers amongst these nominations. The journalists’ gamers will obtain factors of 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The participant with essentially the most factors will win the Golden Ball. .
