They ask Tomás Roncero on El Chiringuito: "Who do you think is going to win the Ballon d'Or?".
The answer leaves no doubt: "Kylian Mbappé". "Not in the Champions League final? Neither are Barça's players".
He adds: "And if he wins the Golden Boot, which he has right there? One more goal on Saturday and he's got it. If he wins the Golden Boot, top scorer, and also wins the Club World Cup being Madrid's star?
"They can't give the Ballon d'Or to a Barça player like they did with Messi"
Because I don't think Barça's players are going to be there. Neither in the Munich final, nor are they expected, nor in the Club World Cup, because they were so clumsy in recent years that they're not even invited.
If you're not in the Champions League final or the Club World Cup how are they going to give you the Ballon d'Or?
This isn't Messi, who always got it as a gift.
So Kylian Mbappé: Golden Boot and Ballon d'Or".
The predictions of the jinxed Tomás Roncero
The problem with Tomás Roncero is that he wouldn't make a living as a fortune teller. After the disaster of his World Cup predictions, where he didn't get a single one right, this is how he expressed himself before the current season started:
-League Champion: Real Madrid, reigning champion
-Champions League Champion: Real Madrid, also reigning champion
-Cup Champion: Real Madrid
-Surprise Team: Villarreal
-Ballon d'Or: Vinícius Junior
-Disappointment: Barcelona under Flick
As soon as Roncero says it...
He didn't get a single one right. Let's see if he's more on track with this season's Ballon d'Or. But the fact that Roncero is so convinced it's going to be Mbappé gives reason to think otherwise.
In any case, what Roncero intended was to touch the sensitive nerve of Barcelona fans by dethroning their players. And he has achieved that.
"They can't give the Ballon d'Or to a Barça player, like they did with Messi, because they're neither in the Champions League final nor in the Club World Cup".
Tomás Roncero in pure form.