Ballon d’Or: ‘Disgrace’ – AC Milan’s former midfielder Dejan Savicevic names player that should’ve won award

Former AC Milan attacking midfielder, Dejan Savicevic, has insisted that the precocious erstwhile Italy defender Franco Baresi should person won a Ballon d’Or during his nonrecreational career.

Savicevic, who was a erstwhile teammate with Baresi during their clip unneurotic astatine AC Milan, said it was a disgrace that the erstwhile centre-back didn’t triumph the Ballon d’Or.

Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport, the 59-year-old said, “It’s a disgrace. How tin you not springiness the Ballon d’Or to Baresi? But it’s your fault.

“You journalists. You didn’t ballot for him. Only the Dutch won. Rijkaard ever finished up of him, successful archetypal place.

“But Baresi was thing else: helium was a phenomenon. Look, don’t speech to maine astir the Ballon d’Or, it pisses maine off.”

Baresi spent his full 20-year vocation astatine AC Milan and died connected 31 July 2026.

Ballon d’Or: ‘Disgrace’ – AC Milan’s erstwhile midfielder Dejan Savicevic names subordinate that should’ve won award