A Finnish journalist, Juha Kanerva, has announced his resignation from the Ballon d’Or jury after he left Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr out of his top 10 players.
The Ballon d’Or award sees several journalists vote for the players they think have performed best over the season just gone.
However, this year recorded new controversy, after Manchester City midfielder Rodri took home the men’s award ahead of Vinicius Junior, who finished second.
Vinicius had been tipped to win the top prize months prior after helping Los Blancos win the LaLiga and Champions League titles.
A list of journalists who left Vinicius out of their top 10 were published on Saturday.
In response to a tweet naming him as a journalist who snubbed Vinicius, Kanerva said: “My technical error. I will resign from the Ballon d’Or jury.”
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