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Whether Vinicius Jr. or Rodri wins 2024 Ballon d'Or, Yamal could soon beat them both

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The longlist of this year 's men's Ballon d'Or candidates is announced this week .

The winner, and most of the top five , will either be Spanish or play their club football in LaLiga .

The top two will be from Vinícius Júnior and Rodri , while the next-best in class should be from Jude Bellingham , Dani Carvajal , Toni Kroos and Lamine Yamal .

Lamine Yamal is a dead cert to win the junior Ballon d'Or -- named the Kopa Award -- at the same ceremony as the big prize in Paris on Monday, Oct. 28 .

The 17-year-old Barcelona prodigy is at or around an equal for Rodri or Vinícius in how much he merits winning this award.

Yamal , last season , ripped up the record books for Barcelona and Spain by doing many things more precociously than Pelé , Messi , Ronaldo , Cruyff or pretty much any legend you'd care to mention.

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