[nuh]

Newspaper reports in Italy claim that Milan hero Kaka has already been told he is the Ballon d’Or winner for 2007.

‘France Football’ will only officially name the victor on December 2 in a ceremony in Paris, but the top player tends to be alerted earlier for a photo shoot.


According to the ‘Corriere della Sera’, a member of the jury has told Kaka he is the winner.


The report claims that the figure called him up to explain that the gap in votes was so large there was no point waiting to give the good news.


Right from the start the Brazilian was the hot favourite for the title, having been the Champions League top scorer in Milan’s victorious campaign.


Potential challengers included his Rossoneri teammate Andrea Pirlo, Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, but they were reportedly left far behind by Kaka in the voting.


The 25-year-old Serie A star is set to succeed Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro as the European Player of the Year – and is expected to take the FIFA World Player of the Year title as well.


Milan have traditionally done very well in the Ballon d’Or, with Gianni Rivera lifting the trophy in 1969, Ruud Gullit in 1987 and Marco Van Basten taking it three times in 1988, ’89 and ’92.


George Weah represented the Rossoneri in 1995 and Andriy Shevchenko won the prestigious award in 2004.

[han2503]

No surprises at all.

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btw, there's even a picture of him holding the award! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

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You should try to apply for the photo editing position AS have open (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Zed.D]

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You should try to apply for the photo editing position AS have open  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Actually it's not mine and the one who gave me this says it's from a reliable source and is not Photoshoped [my @ss!]. he was obviously talking bullsh1t, but if there's 1% chance that it's a real photo, we'll find about it in just one week. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)