Davido Backs Lamine Yamal After Ballon d’Or Third-Place Finish

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Davido has shown support for Barcelona star Lamine Yamal after the teenager finished third in the 2026 Ballon d’Or rankings. The Nigerian Afrobeats star commented on Yamal’s social-media post, writing: “They won’t have a choice soon.” The remark suggested that Yamal could become impossible to overlook for football’s biggest individual prize. Yamal still took home his third Kopa Trophy as the world’s top young player. His performances continue to fuel expectations that he could win the Ballon d’Or in the coming years.

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