Dennis M. Dogbey

🚨 Zinedine Zidane on Harry Kane winning the 2026 Ballon d’Or: 🗣️ Zinedine Zidane: “Kane has won it. I have seen the list. Mbappé took the Golden Boot at the World Cup, the Champions League and La Liga. Olise was the best in the Bundesliga and the best at Bayern. Kvara was the best in the Champions League. Yamal was the best in La Liga and he won the World Cup. Bellingham was England’s player of the year. Kane did not win a single Player of the Tournament award. He finished first. That is the decision. “People say trophies matter. Fine. Then explain why no PSG player made the top five. Explain why Messi is fifth while he is playing in MLS. He is there largely because of a World Cup. The players who won the major awards are behind Kane. That is what the ranking says. I do not understand how that ranking is built. “This award has been subjective for years. Journalists vote based on what they prefer. That is why the same arguments come back every season. It is not only about Mbappé. It is about the process. The individual awards go one way. The Ballon d’Or goes another way. People are asked to accept it. Many of them do not. “Kane is a good player. He scores goals. That is not the argument. The argument is the gap between what the players achieved and where they finished. Yamal won the World Cup and La Liga Player of the Season. He is third. Mbappé won three Golden Boots. He is second. Kane is first. Those are the positions. That is what the voters produced. It does not match the trophies. It does not match the individual awards. It is what it is.”