Manchester City midfielder, Rodri has come out to say that that he did not believe at first that Real Madrid will boycott the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, City received several messages from friends saying Real Madrid would not be attending the ceremony because Vini lost, and he actually thought it was fake news at the time.
Rodri added that he then started receiving messages from people congratulating him, and the reality began to hit him.
His words, “No, not at all. I was actually surprised that everyone asked me that. No one had ever told me anything before the ceremony. I knew for a long time that this would be the norm this year. And it worked because, until the end, the winner didn’t know. In my opinion, this decision to not reveal anything until the final verdict is an excellent thing.
To be precise, at midday, when we were getting ready to board the plane, we received several messages from friends telling us that Real Madrid would not be coming. My first reaction was: I don’t believe it, it’s fake news.
When I landed in Paris, I received even more messages congratulating me. That’s when I started to think: wow! I had flown just to take part in the ceremony and I had landed in a virtually winning position. It was too much of a rollercoaster just because of the flight from Madrid to Paris, so I said: Let’s stop listening to all this, enjoy the evening and see what happens. But it was tough.”
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