Vinicius, Jude Bellingham, and Courtois accepted the trophy, which was given last Monday in London at the team’s sporting city of Merengue.

The Best 2024 award, which he awarded last Monday in London during the ceremony, once again recognized Inter Miami player Leo Messi. FIFA’s gala had no nominees for the 2023 Best Player title, therefore neither Haaland, Mbappé, or the award-winning Messi went.

This group astonished everyone by naming Messi The Best 2024, but no one came to accept the Argentine star’s prize. Henry, a former Arsenal and Barcelona star, acted as emcee and’received’ the trophy in a slightly bizarre scenario.

Real Madrid did not go empty-handed at The Best 2024 gala, with up to three Real Madrid players named among the 11 ideals for 2023. The names Vinicius, Jude Bellingham, and Courtois are among the eleven chosen.

Real Madrid players did not attend the gala in London, and thus suffered the same fate as the principal actors who were not in the British metropolis. This Wednesday, the Real Madrid stars of The Best were honored at Real Madrid City. Vinícius, Bellingham, and Courtois posed for a photo with the prize at Real Madrid City Florentino Pérez after training on Wednesday, wearing training gear. FC Barcelona, the arch-rivals, did not receive any awards during the London event.

For Jude Bellingham, this is the first time he has been among the 11 awarded by FIFA last season, and on social media he is delighted with this achievement: “Very proud to be part of the excellent FIFA 11 alongside some incredible players, as well as some friends and colleagues from my club and country. Thank you to everyone who voted.” For his part, Courtois achieved this achievement for the second time in a row.

Bellingham and Vinicius were unable to attend due to the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh and the Real Madrid goalkeeper, recovering from a serious knee injury, was unable to be present at the FIFA gala held last Monday in London. With this new recognition, Real Madrid is set to return to La Liga.