France Football has already announced who had won the gold ball

The winner of the Golden Ball, which will be unveiled next Monday, already knows that he's seen awarding the 2018 award, as reported on Wednesday the magazine's editorial director. France Football, Pascal Ferré.

"The announcement of the victories is by a simple call, the winners were warned by me, I called them, they answered and they knew it, in the most direct way"badured Ferré in a "chat" organized by the publication with the readers.

In addition to the winner of the Golden Ball, he also announced the winner of the women's and under-21 award, which will be awarded for the first time.

Ferré admitted that the reaction of the winners was "emotional in most cases".