Manchester City midfielder Rodri has stated he can’t perceive why Cristiano Ronaldo questioned his selection because the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner.
Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo said that Vinícius Júnior deserved the prize over Rodri as a result of the Real Madrid ahead had “received the Champions League and scored within the closing.”
Asked about Ronaldo’s feedback, Rodri instructed 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 12 months the journalists who vote have thought of that I ought to win it. Probably, these similar journalists have been those who sooner or later voted for him to win, and I think about that then he would agree.”
Real Madrid boycotted the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris in October after Rodri acquired the award over Vinícius.
Rodri, 28, was awarded the celebrated particular person prize after a stellar season that noticed him win the Premier League title with City and the European Championship with Spain.
Vinícius had been a high contender to win the lads’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 received Globe Soccer’s finest males’s prize on Dec. 30.
Rodri, who tore his ACL in September, spoke of the influence profitable the Ballon d’Or has had on his day-to-day life.
“It has modified my life,” he stated. “Many issues that I may do earlier than, clearly, I can now not do. But hey, it’s for an excellent motive … I’ve the philosophy that in life you need to take issues as they’re given to you.
“There is not any 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 cope with every little thing, together with accidents, and transfer ahead.”
