The Ballon d’Or is everything football shouldn’t be. Thank goodness for Harry Kane
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The author compares the Ballon d'Or ceremony to Barack Obama's description of Donald Trump's White House renovations. Obama had likened those renovations to a Cheesecake Factory opened by Saddam Hussein. The piece questions what Obama would think of the football award event. It suggests the Ballon d'Or represents things football should not be.
Barack Obama recently described Donald Trump’s White House renovations as “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory”. What would he make of the Ballon d’Or ceremony?