The magazine France Football has already informed the footballer winner of the Ballon d'Or

Ball of gold – Photo: AFP

The prize will be awarded on Monday and the French media publisher said that "the announcement of victories is by a single call, in the most direct way".

The winner of the Golden Ball, which will be unveiled next Monday, already knows that he has won the 2018 trophy, as acknowledged Wednesday the editor of France Football magazine, Pascal Ferré.

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"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," said Ferré at the time of the event. 39: a "chat" organized by the publication with the readers

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

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

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