The 2026 Ballon d'Or winner has been announced, with Bayern Munich's English striker Harry Kane taking home the award.
Kane is the fifth English player in history to win the Ballon d'Or. In total, English players have won the award six times.
Notably, three of these six awards have gone to English players competing for German clubs.
Kevin Keegan, playing for Hamburger SV, won the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979 consecutively. Now Kane plays for German football giant Bayern Munich, also claiming the award.
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mweuc654
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History will judge this moment harshly. In a single year, Kylian Mbappé finished as top scorer in La Liga, the Champions League and the World Cup, and became the greatest goalscorer in World Cup history along the way. Ballons d'Or come and go every year. A season like this may never be seen again. The football world will one day realise what it chose not to honour
Patric16599
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English Clubs always kills talent by making PR merchants famous
StevenKim13
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It’s like Messi World Cup winning atmosphere
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Congratulations Kane !
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Congratulations
Edooo87
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Germany effect