Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has revealed that he thinks about winning the Ballon d’Or “all the time” but insists that it is not an obsession for him.
The prize, given to the outstanding footballer in any calendar year, has been dominated by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi over the course of the last 11 years, with Luka Modric the sole interloper to the duo’s control of the award since 2009.
France Football, the organisation which runs the competition, has announced that it will not be awarded in 2020 for the first time since its inception in 1956 owing to the chaos that the coronavirus crisis has plunged football into.