It looks like the award will remain in Barcelona, despite the two-time award winner missing most of the season due to injury.
After winning the Women’s Ballon d’Or two years in a row, Alexia Putellas will relinquish her crown in 2023 after an ACL injury sidelined her for nearly the entire 2022-2023 season.
So who will succeed her in the title of best player in the world? The 2023 Ballon d’Or race is intriguing because, like Putellas, many top footballers have been sidelined for a long time with injuries, such as Lyon star Catarina Macario and Arsenal’s duo Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema.
Now that the Women’s World Cup is over, so has the Ballon d’Or race, and after the tournament has seen its fair share of setbacks, it will be intriguing to see how that affects voting for the most prestigious individual award in the world.
So who is leading the race for the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or after the nominees were announced on Wednesday?
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Source: Goal