\n
Florentino P\u00e9rez \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Namibian journalist criticised by Florentino P\u00e9rez for failing to vote for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or has hit back at the Real Madrid president.<\/p>\n
Madrid boycotted the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris last month over the decision to award the prize \u2014 which is voted on by a panel of 100 international journalists \u2014 to Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri, ahead of Vin\u00edcius.<\/p>\n
In his speech during Madrid\u2019s AGM on Sunday, P\u00e9rez singled out the votes of the journalists from Namibia, Uganda, Albania and Finland for criticism, saying \u201cnobody knows who [the journalists] are\u201d and arguing the Ballon d\u2019Or should be \u201cindependently organised\u201d and voted on by \u201cpeople who are well-known.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEssentially, I suspect it\u2019s just words from somebody who is frustrated, Mr Perez that is,\u201d journalist Sheefeni Nikodemus told Cadena SER\u2019s El Larguero show on Monday. \u201cIf he feels like people from my country, and the other countries mentioned do not have a significant vote because we are inferior people, I would just like to know, if I was from one of the leading football nations, and I disagreed with his opinion, what would his argument be?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vin\u00edcius was a leading contender to win the men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or thanks to his performances last season as Madrid won a LaLiga and Champions League double. However, he underperformed for Brazil at last summer\u2019s Copa Am\u00e9rica, while Rodri starred as Spain won Euro 2024.<\/p>\n
In the vote \u2014 which sees journalists rank their top 10 players from a shortlist, with each being awarded between 15 and 1 points \u2014 Rodri finished with a total of 1,170 points, ahead of Vinicius\u2019 1,129.<\/p>\n
\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Florentino P\u00e9rez \u00a0 \u00a0 A Namibian journalist criticised by Florentino P\u00e9rez for failing to vote for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or has hit back at the Real Madrid president. Madrid boycotted the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris last month over the decision to award the prize \u2014 which is voted on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Florentino P\u00e9rez \u00a0 \u00a0 A Namibian journalist criticised by Florentino P\u00e9rez for failing to vote for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or has hit back at the Real Madrid president. Madrid boycotted the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris last month over the decision to award the prize \u2014 which is voted on […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Journalist Blasts Real Boss…Over Ballon d’Or Row\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":292,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Florentino-Perez.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/\",\"name\":\"Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Florentino-Perez.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Florentino-Perez.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Florentino-Perez.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":428},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/27\\\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Journalist Blasts Real Boss…Over Ballon d’Or Row\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Florentino P\u00e9rez \u00a0 \u00a0 A Namibian journalist criticised by Florentino P\u00e9rez for failing to vote for Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior to win the 2024 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or has hit back at the Real Madrid president. Madrid boycotted the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in Paris last month over the decision to award the prize \u2014 which is voted on […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":760,"height":428,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Journalist Blasts Real Boss…Over Ballon d’Or Row","datePublished":"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/"},"wordCount":292,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/","name":"Journalist Blasts Real Boss...Over Ballon d'Or Row - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-27T17:50:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Florentino-Perez.jpg","width":760,"height":428},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/journalist-blasts-real-boss-over-ballon-dor-row\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Journalist Blasts Real Boss…Over Ballon d’Or Row"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}