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Topics: Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele, Football, FIFA
Tom Jenkins
Topics: Ballon d'Or, Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele, Football, FIFA
Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele will be subject to a new rule for this year's Ballon d'Or ceremony at the Théâtre du Châtelet on Monday evening.
Dembele will be one of only three PSG players to attend the ceremony in Paris, after the club's Ligue 1 clash with Marseille was rescheduled to Monday evening.
Barcelona's Yamal is also expected to be present with a luxurious 20-guest party already planned if the18-year-old takes home the award according to Mundo Deportivo.
PSG's squad won't be the only notable absentees from the ceremony, with Real Madrid representatives also reportedly declining the invitation to Paris.
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Following controversial leaks in previous years, FIFA have implemented a new rule which will heighten the drama at tonight's ceremony.
France Football's editor-in-chief, Vincent Garcia, is said to be the only man who knows the name of this year's winner.
"I'm the only one who knows the Ballon d'Or winner," he told Telefoot.
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"The criteria to win this award are clear: individual brilliance, decisive and unforgettable performances, trophies lifted, plus fair play and conduct on and off the pitch."
In previous years, the winner had been informed and interviewed prior to the ceremony by France Football, however, neither Yamal or Dembele will have any idea of the result until the announcement.
This rule was in place ahead of last year's ceremony; however, the result was controversially leaked just hours before the event, resulting in a boycott from Vinicius Jr and Real Madrid.
There have been no credible leaks of tonight's result up to this point.