Man City 'REJECT Man Utd request' to give stars a lift on private jet to Ballon d'Or

Manchester City person 8 players hoping to triumph an grant astatine the Ballon d'Or ceremonial connected Monday, portion rivals Manchester United person conscionable 2 players shortlisted

Manchester City person rejected a petition from Manchester United to springiness Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho a assistance to Paris for the Ballon d'Or ceremony, according to reports.

City person 4 players nominated for the men's Ballon d'Or award, with Rodri, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden and Ruben Dias making the 30-player shortlist. They besides person 3 players up for the women's award, with Lauren Hemp, Khadija Shaw and Yui Hasegawa connected the shortlist.

New signing Savinho, meanwhile, is 1 of 10 nominees for the Kopa Trophy which is awarded to the champion performing subordinate nether the property of 21. City brag Pep Guardiola is besides up for the men's manager of the twelvemonth award.

And according to the Daily Mail, City person chartered a backstage pitchy to transport their 'sizeable delegation' to Paris for the ceremonial and United asked them if Mainoo and Garnacho could articulation them connected the flight.

Mainoo and Garnacho are United's lone 2 nominees, having some been shortlisted for the Kopa Trophy, and the nine were unwilling to nonstop them to France connected their ain backstage pitchy owed to concerns implicit their c footprint.

There were besides concerns that it would not beryllium a bully look aft the club's caller cost-cutting measures, which person included mass redundancies and the axing of Sir Alex Ferguson's relation arsenic a planetary ambassador.

However, City are said to person rejected United's request, claiming determination was nary country for Mainoo and Garnacho connected the pitchy and alternate arrangements person been made for the brace to question to the ceremony.

Real Madrid prima Vinicius Jr is the favourite to triumph the men's Ballon d'Or award, having scored 24 goals crossed each competitions arsenic helium helped Carlo Ancelotti's broadside triumph the Champions League and La Liga past season.

Rodri is besides successful the premix aft helping Spain triumph Euro 2024 and lifting the Premier League rubric with City, portion Vinicius' Madrid teammate Jude Bellingham is different sanction successful contention aft a stunning debut play successful Spain.

There are besides six different Premier League players nominated for the award, with Arsenal stars Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and William Saliba shortlisted alongside Chelsea's Cole Palmer and Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez.

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