{"id":1988,"date":"2026-10-27T21:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/ballon-dor-my-time-will-come-yamal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:30:44","slug":"ballon-dor-my-time-will-come-yamal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/ballon-dor-my-time-will-come-yamal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d\u2019Or: My time will come \u2014 Yamal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.562634216178\">\n<p>Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has vowed to keep pursuing his ambitions after finishing third in the 2026 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or rankings, saying he believes his moment will eventually come.\n<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old made the remarks in a Facebook post on Tuesday, a day after Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane won the prestigious individual award ahead of Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe and Yamal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy time will come. Good things take time, and I trust the path I\u2019m building,\u201d Yamal wrote.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo rush, with plenty of ambition, and with the calmness that comes from knowing my moment will arrive one day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Spain international congratulated the winners and said his attention had returned to helping Barcelona recover their winning form. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the winners. My focus now returns to what matters most: bringing Barcelona back to winning ways,\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing out on the main prize, Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for the third consecutive year, recognising the best young player.<\/p>\n<p>His post comes after Barcelona lost 2-1 to Real Madrid in Sunday\u2019s El Clasico, leaving the forward focused on the club\u2019s response in their upcoming fixtures.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"17.269565217391\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/toyediran\">Tosin Oyediran<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tosin Oyediran is a journalist with Punch Newspapers, bringing over eight years of newsroom experience to his coverage of politics, health, advocacy, sports, and entertainment. Known for sharp interviews and human-centered reporting, his work focuses on public accountability, civic issues, and the stories shaping everyday lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#06726e6363626f72697446767368656e68612865696b\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"03776b6666676a776c714373766d606b6d642d606c6e\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has vowed to keep pursuing his ambitions after finishing third in the 2026 men\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or rankings, saying he believes his moment will eventually come. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}