The Union of European Football Associations has decided to stop competing with France Football.
UEFA will refuse to award the prize Best player in Europe. The organization reported this on its official website.
Instead, the Union of European Football Associations decided to work with Group Amaury, which owns France Football and L’Equipe, and will help organize the award ceremony golden ball.
At the same time, Groupe Amaury will remain the owner of the brand golden balland will also continue to control voting.
However, the ceremony will now also honor the best coaches in men’s and women’s soccer.
UEFA, in turn, will abandon its ceremony for presenting the Best Player in Europe award, held since 2011, from 2024.
✨ @ballon d’Or x UEFA ✨
🤝 From 2024, we will co-organize the most prestigious award ceremony in football, honoring the best players of our sport with Groupe Amaury.
We will also introduce something new #ballon d’Or award for Men’s and Women’s Coach of the Year.
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— UEFA (@UEFA) November 3, 2023
We remind you that the winner of the 2023 Ballon d’Or is the Argentinean Lionel Messi, for which this prize became the eighth in his career.
Source: korrespondent
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