⚽🏆 2027 Ballon D'or!!! 🏆⚽

[Supreme Donvic]

Mbappe obviously my favorite, but he has to win the trophy. It's so sad he had only 28 pts gap to Kane. If he was winning at least one trophy last season, he's winning the D'or not Kane. So he's likely still remain my top favorite, but winning trophy is a must.

However, anything can happen because we have no clue about which trophy that can be winning by Madrid. So far, their up and down performance is quite worrying me, but seeing them able to beat Barcelona.

It raises my optimism if they can win at least one trophy. Let's say if Mbappe can still farm as many golden boots as he can, then he win one or two prestigious trophy. D'or is him.

I think this is the most realistic approach to see him lift this award.

Mbappé would have actually won the ballon d'Or if he was able to win one trophy last season, the fact that he did not win any trophy was the reason why kane won the ballon d'Or.
Yes you are actually right if Real Madrid wins one trophy this season and mbappé is able to get the La Liga and the champions League highest goal scorer then he's going to win the ballon d'Or and nobody can stop him, I believe he can actually win the La Liga and the champions League highest goal scorer it's very easy for him to do, what will be difficult to achieve is Real Madrid lifting a trophy this season.
Real Madrid has been doing very well recently and I believe with the win against Barcelona they will be more determined to win all their matches.

[sergiorus]

Mbappe obviously my favorite, but he has to win the trophy. It's so sad he had only 28 pts gap to Kane. If he was winning at least one trophy last season, he's winning the D'or not Kane. So he's likely still remain my top favorite, but winning trophy is a must.

However, anything can happen because we have no clue about which trophy that can be winning by Madrid. So far, their up and down performance is quite worrying me, but seeing them able to beat Barcelona.

It raises my optimism if they can win at least one trophy. Let's say if Mbappe can still farm as many golden boots as he can, then he win one or two prestigious trophy. D'or is him.

I think this is the most realistic approach to see him lift this award.

People who voted for Messi are a disgrace to football and particularly this award.

Look how many points this is, if they voted for someone who was actually deserving instead , the results could be so much different.

In theory even Rodri or Kvaratskhelia could be the winners then. But of course they had to vote the FIFAs golden boy in, after all who wants to live solely on a salary of a journalist, right?

[Charcol]

Isn't it too early to discuss this? I couldn't vote in your poll because you didn't include Raphinha. You could've added other option. He's had the best start to the season and is currently the most in-form player. So right now he's also the strongest candidate for the award. If Barca reach the CL final and Raphinha finishes with more goals/assists than Yamal, it's almost certain he'll win it. Betting on him makes sense while the odds are so high.

This is a good suggestion, I have added the Other option.
As for Rafinha, even if he scores 200 goals, Barcelona will continue to promote Yamal (at least because some of the assists will be on him). Barcelona threw Rafinha into a hole even in the 24-25 season, when he was very good, in favor of Yamal and this will happen again. If Yamal gets injured, then the second choice will be Rodri, Rafinha has no chance of winning any PR award while he plays in Barcelona. Rafinha NO for me is literally like a bank deposit - low profitability but high reliability.

I don't understand why you made that comment. Is a player's campaign in the club or the media really the official selection criteria for the Ballon d'Or?
If his personal performance is good, if he contributes in important matches, then it wouldn't be surprising if he wins the award. Although it seems he won't. Since it's given by one journalist from each of the top 100 countries in the FIFA ranking, you probably don't have any logical evidence to conclude that he has no chance of winning just because he plays for Barcelona. I'm not saying you're completely wrong, because Raphinha's chances of winning are very low. He played for the same club as Yamal, but their roles on the field and their contributions to the attack are not always the same. That's why it's difficult to judge their performance based solely on who is more popular.

[Ale88]

As for Rafinha, even if he scores 200 goals, Barcelona will continue to promote Yamal (at least because some of the assists will be on him). Barcelona threw Rafinha into a hole even in the 24-25 season, when he was very good, in favor of Yamal and this will happen again. If Yamal gets injured, then the second choice will be Rodri, Rafinha has no chance of winning any PR award while he plays in Barcelona. Rafinha NO for me is literally like a bank deposit - low profitability but high reliability.

But what do you mean by "Barcelona will continue to promote Yamal"? The winner(s) is chosen by journalists, and they are supposed to know quite a lot about football, so if Rafinha performs better than Yamal what could Barcelona do about it?

Of course Yamal is and will be Barcelona's face for the next 20 years (or at least that's the idea) since he comes from the cantera, he's Spanish, he's young, etc etc. Raphinha is "just" a foreign player arrived from Leeds who is almost 30 years old, we're not talking about a Messi situation. And I don't want to belittle what Raphinha has been doing because he's incredible at the moment.