Fabián also stakes his Ballon d'Or claim: I've won the most | OneFootball

The race for the Ballon d’Or keeps adding candidates who have no problem staking their claim. The latest is Fabián Ruiz, who in an exclusive interview with AS pointed to the titles he has won and his importance for both PSG and the national team to explain why he also allows himself to dream of the award.

“Why not? The truth is that, collectively, I’ve been the player who has won the most titles,” the midfielder replies when asked directly about his chances. And he is not short of arguments. The Andalusian has just won the Champions League with PSG and the World Cup with Spain, starting for both teams. On top of that, he adds the success he had already enjoyed with the Parisian side and a European Championship with the national team.

“Collectively, I couldn’t ask for more, I’ve won everything. They’ve been unbelievably good years, especially the last few. At club level, we were able to win the Champions League, two in a row, which at club level is the most beautiful thing you can win. And I’ve also been lucky enough to win the Euros and the World Cup back to back. Collectively, that’s the biggest thing you can win,” he says about the two utopian seasons he has put together, which have helped him fill the trophy cabinet.

The Los Palacios native admits he is excited to appear among the candidates and acknowledges that the Ballon d’Or is an award that “every player wants to win.” His goal, he says, is to finish “as high as possible.” And he leaves the door open: “Why not dream of it?”

Fabián thus joins a race in which some of his main rivals have spent weeks campaigning for themselves. Lamine Yamal was especially explicit. “This year I would deserve it for what I’ve won,” he said on Universo Valdano, placing himself alongside Mbappé as one of the two best players in the world. The Frenchman has not hidden either. “I made a lot of history this summer [...] it’s a good year to win the Ballon d’Or,” he argued.

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