
Why Rodri did not receive any congratulations from Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi for winning the Ballon d’Or.
Rodri, Manchester City’s star midfielder, has revealed that he did not receive congratulations from any of the footballing icons—Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, or Karim Benzema—after winning the 2024 Ballon d’Or. The 28-year-old, who clinched the prestigious award on October 28 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, noted that even Luka Modrić, the Real Madrid…