JAKARTA - The 2022 Ballon d'Or award will be held on Monday, October 17, evening local time. However, the list of award recipients was leaked to the media hours before the announcement.
Based on the leaks obtained by a number of Spanish media, Real Madrid player Karim Benzema will win the award as the best player.
The Frenchman is indeed in his best form last season. The 34-year-old inspired Real Madrid to win the La Liga Spanish and Champions League titles.
Benzema won the top scorer in domestic and European competitions. He bagged 27 goals in La Liga Spain and 15 goals in the European Champions League.
Spanish newspaper Marca claims Benzema has won the competition with Sadio Mane, Robert Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe for the prestigious award.
Barcelona striker Lewandowski, who surprisingly didn't get it in 2020, already feels Benzema will be the winner.
"Ballon d'Or is likely to be won by Benzema... if they don't cancel it," Lewandowski told Vamos.
If this leak is true, Benzema will be Real Madrid's eighth player to win the award.
He followed in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Alfredi Di Stefano, Raymond Kopa and his current team-mates Luka Modric.
Meanwhile, Benzema's team-mate in Madrid, Thibaut Courtois, will be designated as the winner of the Yashin Trophy, the world's best goalkeeper award.
Like Benzema, the 30-year-old Belgian also played an integral role in Los Blancos' win in last season's Champions League.
Meanwhile, Kopa Trophy or the award for the best young player will fall to Barcelona midfielder, Gavi. He is considered successful with Barcelona and the Spanish national team at the age of 18.
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