Manchester City midfielder Rodri has mentioned he can not perceive why Cristiano Ronaldo questioned his selection because the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner.
5-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo said that Vinícius Júnior deserved the prize over Rodri as a result of the Real Madrid ahead had “gained the Champions League and scored within the closing.”
Requested about Ronaldo’s feedback, Rodri informed Diario AS: “A shock, actually, as a result of he is aware of higher than anybody how this award works and, above all, how the winner is chosen.
“This yr the journalists who vote have thought-about that I ought to win it. In all probability, these identical journalists had been those who in some unspecified time in the future voted for him to win, and I think about that then he would agree.”
Actual Madrid boycotted the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris in October after Rodri obtained the award over Vinícius.
Rodri, 28, was awarded the distinguished particular person prize after a stellar season that noticed him win the Premier League title with Metropolis and the European Championship with Spain.
Vinícius had been a high contender to win the boys’s prize after serving to Madrid to a LaLiga and Champions League double final season. The Brazil worldwide was later awarded FIFA’s The Best men’s player award and gained Globe Soccer’s greatest males’s prize on Dec. 30.
Rodri, who tore his ACL in September, spoke of the affect successful the Ballon d’Or has had on his day-to-day life.
“It has modified my life,” he mentioned. “Many issues that I may do earlier than, clearly, I can now not do. However hey, it’s for an excellent purpose … I’ve the philosophy that in life it’s important to take issues as they’re given to you.
“There isn’t a have to complain when issues will not be the best way you need or go loopy if you win a Ballon d’Or. God has given me what he has given me and I’m extraordinarily grateful. I’ve to take care of every thing, together with accidents, and transfer ahead.”
