France Football has already warned the winner of the Ballon d 'Or

Until next Monday, you will officially know who is the winner of the award. Ball of GoldHowever, the finalists already know who will be the creditor of this prize awarded by France Football, well informed this Wednesday Pascal Ferré, publisher of the French magazine.

He said that the announcement of the winner was made by phone, what he did himself. He baderted that this modality is intended for the players to know "in the most direct way".

"The announcement of victories is done by a simple call. The winners were notified by me, I called them, they answered and they knew it, "said Ferré in a chat organized by the publication with the readers.

In addition, women's and under-21 winners were also notified in the same way.

The representative of the popular football magazine confessed that the winners they had "an emotional reaction in most cases".