Kevin Palmer: Ballon d’Or circus sums up how unsavoury the modern game has become

Kevin Palmer: Ballon d’Or circus sums up how unsavoury the modern game has become

Football should be about the team, not the individual

Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele basks in the individual glory of winning the Ballon d'Or. Photo: Franck Fife/Getty

“There is no ‘I’ in team – but there is in win.”- Michael Jordan

This oft-used phrase that was modified by one of America’s all-time great athletes has been promoted to managers and coaches at all levels of sport for many years, but it seems to have been lost amid a generation of footballers who are focused on the financial riches they can claim from personal glory.