Vinícius Júnior has given a full response to France Football after learning that the 2024 Ballon d'Or is not for him.
The Brazilian star has remained silent throughout the day. He's barely replied to a message from Toni Kroos, outraged at his exclusion from the final victory. "I love you, Antonio" was his reply.
Vinícius had no doubt that he would be the winner of the Ballon d'Or. He even said so to Gavi during the classic.
But he only found out about France Football's decision when the club asked about it this morning.
Florentino Leaves Behind 50 People who were Going to Paris
A leak has confirmed to a person close to Florentino Pérez that the winner wasn't going to be Vinícius. The decision had already been made in favor of Rodri.
Real Madrid has dismantled the 50-person team that was going to travel to Paris for the event. Not even Ancelotti, who's been named the best coach in the world, was at the gala. No one collected the trophies intended for Real Madrid.
The final nominees and the players included in the team of the year didn't travel to Paris either. Florentino Pérez decided to do so before two in the afternoon.
Nike, for its part, had planned to dye its store in Madrid gold. Now it'll have to do so in Manchester in Rodri's honor.
"I'll Do it 10 Times. They're Not Ready."
Vinícius has been following the events throughout the afternoon and evening and has finally gone to sleep. But before that he left a message on his social networks, specifically on X, his former Twitter account.
The post read: "I'll do it 10 times if necessary. They're not ready." And at no point did he congratulate Rodri for winning the award.
The positive side for Madrid is that Vinícius promises to repeat the exceptional season he had last year ten times over. Every Madrid fan would agree to that.
But Vinícius doesn't specify who he is referring to when he says that they are "not ready". Although everything suggests that they are France Football and UEFA, the ones behind the organisation of the Ballon d'Or.