2026 Ballon d’Or: Sagna names ‘most important player’ to win award

Former France defender, Bacary Sagna, has backed Paris Saint-Germain guardant Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to triumph this year’s Ballon d’Or.

Sagna picked Kvaratskhelia up of his chap Frenchman Kylian Mbappe.

The erstwhile Arsenal and Manchester City defender was asked straight whether Mbappe would beryllium a deserving recipient of the award.

Although Sagna included Mbappe successful his apical three, helium stated that Kvaratskhelia should triumph the idiosyncratic grant adjacent month.

“For me, Kvara deserves the Ballon d’Or,” Sagna said, arsenic quoted by GOAL.

“For me, Kvara [Khvicha Kvaratskhelia] has been phenomenal and being a winger, having specified an interaction and a palmy campaign.

“Apart from winning the Champions League, I deliberation shot players volition hold that Kvara was the astir important subordinate past season.”

 2026 Ballon d’Or: Sagna names ‘most important player’ to triumph award