On January 15, FIFA will host its The Best awards gala in London, now completely separately from the Ballon d'Or. Awards will be given to "the best" of 2024.
Real Madrid has ensured there won't be any rigging, like with the Ballon d'Or.
Vinícius Already Knows the Winner's Name
Florentino Pérez is informed that the winner will be Vinícius Junior, who already knows the award is his.
The gala will be set up as a reparation act for what happened in Paris with the Ballon d'Or. Florentino Pérez has strengthened ties with FIFA, an organization he had distanced himself from. Now relations with Gianni Infantino are excellent.
The intentions of the white club to boycott the new Club World Cup are now gone. Even Ancelotti publicly stated that Real Madrid wouldn't take part in this competition.
Florentino has reconsidered his stance. Despite that, he still claims that the prizes are modest, considering the demands that competing for this competition will place on Real Madrid.
Real Madrid Strengthens Its Relationship with FIFA
The white club has secured from FIFA that the prize distribution won't be linear and will consider history to distribute the money. For now, Florentino has managed to ensure that the Club World Cup winner will take home more than 100 million, more than what UEFA offers the Champions League champion.
Pirri and Butragueño, however, attended the tournament draw, something FIFA considered a gesture of goodwill from the merengue club.
Additionally, Real Madrid will lend its stadium for the 2030 World Cup final, so FIFA needs to stay on good terms with Florentino.
In The Best awards, Real Madrid has already been informed that six of its players are part of the 2024 dream team. In other words, more than half.
White Celebration at The Best Awards
FIFA has achieved what the Ballon d'Or organization couldn't: having Real Madrid present at its gala. A definitive blow is expected, a sorpasso, of The Best awards over the Ballon d'Or.
Vinícius will take home The Best award for the best footballer of 2024. Within the ideal eleven, he will appear alongside Carvajal, Valverde, Bellingham, Kroos, and Lunin.
He's been chosen as the best goalkeeper for his performance in the Champions League. Ancelotti will take the award for best coach.
White celebration in full swing at the upcoming The Best Awards.
Nominees for The Best Men's Award
Lionel Messi
Erling Haaland
Federico Valverde
Toni Kroos
Kylian Mbappé
Lamine Yamal
Florian Wirtz
Jude Bellingham
Daniel Carvajal
Rodrigo Hernández
Vinícius Júnior
Nominees for The Best Women's Award
Aitana Bonmati
Bárbara Banda
Caroline Graham Hansen
Keira Walsh
Khadija Shaw
Lauren Hemp
Lindsey Horan
Lucy Bronze
Mallory Swanson
Mariona Caldentey
Naomi Girma
Ona Batlle
Salma Parallueli
Sophia Smith
Tabitha Chawinga
Trinity Rodman
Nominees for Best Men's Coach
Carlo Ancelotti
Lionel Scaloni
Luis de la Fuente
Pep Guardiola
Xabi Alonso
Nominees for Best Women's Coach
Arthur Elias
Elena Sadiku
Emma Hayes
Futoshi Ikeda
Gareth Taylor
Jonatan Giráldez
Sandrine Soubeyrand
Sonia Bompastor