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The final voting tallies for the top-10 finishers in this year’s Ballon d’Or have been revealed by France Football. And they serve to showcase just how close Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé came to topping the pile…
Frontman Mbappé was of course left disappointed for the latest occasion at the ‘Golden Ball’ ceremony earlier this week.
Considered amongst the very frontrunners to be named world football’s standout performer for the prior 12 months, the Frenchman was ultimately forced to make do without the runner-up spot.
Instead, the Ballon d’Or went the way of prolific Bayern Munich and England striker Harry Kane. Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal, meanwhile, rounded out the podium places.
And as alluded to above, on Friday, the final number of votes cast for each has been revealed.
Winner Kane triumphed with a total of 1,055 points, just 28 points clear of Mbappé in 2nd (1,027). Lamine was then a further 146 points back with 881 in third.
Conor Laird – GSFN
