{"id":7197,"date":"2026-11-03T06:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/ill-swap-ballon-dor-award-for-champions-league-winners-medal-kane\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T06:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:01:04","slug":"ill-swap-ballon-dor-award-for-champions-league-winners-medal-kane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/ill-swap-ballon-dor-award-for-champions-league-winners-medal-kane\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll Swap Ballon d\u2019Or Award For Champions League Winner\u2019s Medal \u2014 Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has said he would swap his Ballon d\u2019Or trophy for a Champions League winner\u2019s medal.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old became the first Englishman since 2001 to win the accolade, beating Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n<p>But Kane, who is expected to sign a new contract with Bayern \u201cwithin the next few days\u201d, says winning Europe\u2019s elite club competition is at the forefront of his mind after a \u201crollercoaster\u201d week, as reported by BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeam trophies are why we play football. The team aspect of our sport is really, really important,\u201d Kane told a news conference before Bayern\u2019s Champions League fixture with Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballon d\u2019Or last week was one of the best feelings I\u2019ve had in my life and my career.<br \/>\u201cBut to have moments with the team, celebrations with the club \u2013 to be able to lift the Champions League with Bayern would be an incredible feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/yamals-uncle-claims-kane-did-not-deserve-ballon-dor-award\/\">Yamal\u2019s Uncle Claims Kane Did Not Deserve Ballon d\u2019Or Award<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had to pick between lifting the European Cup and the Ballon d\u2019Or, the England captain added: \u201cI would choose the Champions League, but I have the opportunity to do both \u2013 let\u2019s see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballon d\u2019Or is a highlight, it puts me on an even bigger level, but you want to have these big finals, the Champions League, having that feeling of emotion with your team-mates as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kane was feted at the Ballon d\u2019Or ceremony in London, becoming just the fifth Englishman to win the award, joining Michael Owen, Sir Stanley Matthews, Sir Bobby Charlton and Kevin Keegan on an elite list.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has said he would swap his Ballon d\u2019Or trophy for a Champions League winner\u2019s medal. The 33-year-old became the first Englishman since 2001 to win&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197","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=7197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}