The FIFA Ballon d’Or, which was created in the year 2010 with the incorporation of France Football’s Ballon d’Or award and the FIFA World Player award to become one sole prize. This collaboration has just been annulled by FIFA and it will cease to be controlled by the French publication after the contract signed between both organizations expired with no agreement in place for an extension. It means that the accolade will return to it’s initial format, and voting will be reserved exclusively for journalists in Europe.
The Ballon d’Or was founded in 1956 at the same time as the European Champion Clubs’ Cup – now the Champions League. It is held annually until 2010 when then FIFA president Sepp Blatter paid 15 million euros to Éditions Philippe Amaury to have the sole rights to the trophy – the most prestigious individual award in world football.
But with the arrival of the new FIFA President Gianni Infantino , solid agreements were not reached by the two organizations and the deal was eventually not re-signed after is expired.
Now FIFA must decide whether they will revive the defunct FIFA World Player award, which was awarded between 1991 and 2009 through votes from national team coaches and captains from all of the association members with the annual gala usually held in early December rather than January, in Zurich.
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