A Finnish journalist, Juha Kanerva, has announced his resignation from the Ballon dOr jury after he left Real Madrids Vinicius Jr out of his top 10 players.
The Ballon dOr award sees several journalists vote for the players they think have performed best over the season just gone.
However, this year recorded new controversy, after Manchester City midfielder Rodri took home the mens award ahead of Vinicius Junior, who finished second.
Vinicius had been tipped to win the top prize months prior after helping Los Blancos win the LaLiga and Champions League titles.
A list of journalists who left Vinicius out of their top 10 were published on Saturday.
