The partnership with FIFA was cancelled, the Ballon d'Or returned to European clubs and performance of these clubs, that's why the whole Messi debate when they awarded him the last one as some sort of retirement prize.
I never knew that the partnership has ended until i saw this pist. A briwf research showed that yhe partnership lasted from 2010 to 2015 and ended in 2016. Vinicius Junior was the Best FIFA Men's Player for 2024 which shows that they are now separate awards. So it will not be wrong to call the Ballon d'Or an European award.
Yes, now the Ballon d'Or is a prize awarded to the most spoiled, that's something we've seen, I will always say that the current Ballon d'Or is a log, a Rodrigo that for me is that, and excuse my sincerity but that's what I think, however I think the winner should be CR7, Lamine can't be, Raphinha neither, football should shine again.
How in the world do you think Cristiano Ronaldo would win the Ballon d'Or with his present performance and the league he is playing in. Raphinha and Yamal are in better form than the Portuguese skipper.