The former Real Madrid star Guti caused a real riot among the football public after openly mocking Harry Kane’s triumph at the 2026 Golden Ball award, suggesting that the English assailant’s victory was fabricated from the very beginning.
The Spaniard did not hide his indignation about the final outcome, which further deepened divisions in the Pyrenees as to who really deserved the most prestigious individual prize in world football.
By appearing on the popular show El Chiringuito de Yugonesão, Guti called the outcome of the vote a suspicious coincidence, alluding that the crowning of the best English goalist was preplanned.
The Golden Top went to London, and a Londonman won it. What a coincidence, right? A real coincidence! This was probably written from the beginning, Guti declared with open sarcasm.
However, he did not stop there. Former midfielder claims that Kane’s facial expression when he was declared the winner spoke more than words, assessing that the attacker himself did not expect the price. According to Gutt, the English man was convinced that Lamine Yamal or Kyylan Mbppe would receive the prize before him.
Public responses to this outcome were extremely separate. While some fans in Spain wanted the prize to go to one of the World Cup winners, Real Madrid supporters hoped that the prestigious award would be given to Mbppes, not to the English strikers. /Telegraphy/