The 2021 Ballon d'Or ceremony will take place in France on Monday night, and the likes of Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho N'Golo Kante, and Karim Benzema are the front runners to grab the prestigious award this year following their impressive performances for both club and country.



However, many tips Messi to win the award for his seventh time ahead of Jorginho, Lewandowski, and others, but one important element could give the Italian midfield maestro an edge over Lionel Messi and other top candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or, and could shock the football world by going on to win the award.


Below is the Important reason why Jorginho may shock the football world by winning the Ballon d'Or tonight.



In the 2018-19 season, Luka Modric was won the Ballon d'Or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Griezmann, and Mbappe who had scored more goals and also provided more assists than him for their respective clubs and countries.



This was due to his overall performances for Real Madrid and Croatia as he led them to a Champions League victory and World Cup final. Despite scoring just 4 goals with 8 assists for Real Madrid in all competitions, and 2 goals with an assist for Croatia, he won the award ahead of Messi who scored 51 goals in all competitions for Barcelona.


Modric also won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year after his outstanding performance in the Champions League.


Jorginho's stats and achievements this year.

In The 2020-21 season, Jorginho led Chelsea to a Champions League victory, making the competition's team of the season in the process thanks to his fantastic showings in the Chelsea midfield, his strong individual performances in the Chelsea midfield was backed up with 8 goals and 2 assists in all competitions.


Jorginho has won three big trophies and a prestigious individual award this year.


He also helped his country to win the Euro 2021 and also made the team of the season before returning to Chelsea to help them win the UEFA Super Cup. He was then awarded the UEFA Men's Player of the Year thanks to his impressive performances for both club and country at the European level.



Jorginho didn't win these four trophies by mistake, but by hard work and good performances and he deserves the Ballon d'Or.


And given the Ballon d'Or can be given to any football player who performed well in his position and also help his club and country to win important trophies in the process, Jorginho stands a big chance of shocking the football world to win the Ballon d'Or in France this night, given he is the most decorated player the Europ's top 5 leagues this year.


Do you believe Jorginho can win the Ballon d'or tonight? Since a lot of football analyst are here on nairaland which mainly favour Messi. Tonight might be a shock to many football fans around the world. Let us wait and see.

As for me the best should win it.

Ballon d'Or for any Chelsea player right now is like Speed Darlington winning a Grammy.

Jorginho messed up yesterday Chelsea should have won that match.

If jorginho win it I will not watch football for 2 years, though I'm a Chelsea fan but I don't see reason why the award should be given to jorginho instead of lewadonsky