Titan Sports Weekly Front-page headline—Voting for the 2021 Ballon d'Or had closed, with the ceremony set for December 9.
With the 2021 Ballon d'Or voting results finalized, the results for the 2020 Ballon d'Or must have been finalized too.
The winners of both Ballon d'Or awards had already been decided; only the fans did not know yet.
Speculation over the eventual winners thus became the hot topic of the past few days.
Before long, a certain program appeared. Some reporter had posted a "Ballon d'Or leak photo" on Twitter.
Two white sheets of paper, each listing the final Ballon d'Or rankings for 2020 and 2021.
The familiar routine!
This leaked photo sparked widespread discussion among the fans.
But the fans were not idiots.
They had already been fooled in previous years, so this year they absolutely could not fall into the reporters' "traffic trap" again!
Sky Sports Exclusive interview with Tang Ye: He had yet to learn the Ballon d'Or results and hoped to win.
The Sun Front-page headline—Manchester United had reached a consensus: if TY did not win both Ballon d'Or awards, no Manchester United players would attend the ceremony.
The basis for The Sun's report was, of course, that Dembélé interview. After the video was reposted, Manchester United's players naturally came under fire.
Winning an award but refusing to attend was obviously highly disrespectful.
Manchester United was also rather special among all clubs. Combining the candidate lists for the two Ballon d'Or awards, there were a full eight Manchester United players selected. If they did not go, an entire section of the venue would be left empty.
[Isn't that a bit disrespectful? What about the other winners if they don't go?]
[I feel like Dembélé was joking]
[If they don't go, they don't go. Supporting Manchester United! I'm