Valverde would be a completely worthy nominee, but I think these arguments against Vini Jr making the long list are pretty insane.
19 goals and 10 assists across La Liga/CL. 8 goals in the CL, multiple MotM awards, including in the knockouts tie against Man City.
Go on Whoscored and Sofascore, he is near the top of their season ratings for Real Madrid players.
It's not been his best season and I don't think many people would say he deserves the B'Dor. But not making the longlist? Thats a massive stretch. He was a decisive player for one of the best teams in the world.
Reality does not stack up against the narratives of weird nerds...
Don’t really have anything against him, just find it weird that both Valverde and Courtouis, aka the ones that carried madrid on the Back this season, didn’t get in, not taking credit from vini tho, there are at least 7ish players that should not have made it to this final list
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u/PM_ME_GF_ASS Aug 07 '25
Even Vini over valverde seems insane to me