Ballon d'Or 2024 DECIDED: Winner and 1-2-3 picked for this year as award enters new era
It's an award that has been dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the best pat of two decades - but a new name will be on the golden ball.
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Vinicius Junior Favourite For Ballon d'Or In Post-Lionel Messi/Cristiano Ronaldo Era
The elite of world football will gather in Paris on Monday for the Ballon d'Or ceremony, with Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior the leading candidate for the men's award and Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati the hot favourite to win her second-successive crown. The men's shortlist for the 2023/24 edition of the prestigious individual award is the first since 2003 to feature neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo who hoovered up the prize 13 times between them. Vinicius, the man who inherited Ronaldo's number seven shirt at Real Madrid, has been tipped by many pundits to succeed Messi as the Men's Ballon d'Or after a season in which he won the Spanish championship and Champions League.
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