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Jack Tanner

Ballon d'Or chief reveals how close Kylian Mbappe came to beating Harry Kane

Editor-in-chief of France Football, the organisers of the Ballon d’Or, Vincent Garcia has shed light how a late surge of votes for Harry Kane pushed the England striker over the line to win.

Kane became the fifth Englishman to win the prestigious award, and the first in 25 years, with Michael Owen the last England international to win the Ballon d’Or in 2001.

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