What if the BALLON D'OR was a Group Chat

The Ballon d'Or 2026 shortlist is out and Lamine Yamal is top of it. Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo have opinions. Nobody comes out of this well. New episode every Thursday. Everything here is satire, made for comedy. The messages are invented and are not real quotes from anyone. Avatars under free licence via Wikimedia Commons: Lamine Yamal — Biso, CC BY 4.0 Harry Kane — Number 10, CC BY 2.0 Kylian Mbappé — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Vinícius Júnior — Real Madrid, CC BY 3.0 Flags and trophy — Twemoji, CC BY 4.0