The "winner's name" was leaked to the Golden Ball two days before the announcement

Sky Italy has named the winner of the Balloon d'Or (Balloon d'Or), which will be awarded by France Football magazine to the best player of the season last night.
Although the official announcement of the winner of the prize will be announced at a grand ceremony in Paris on Monday evening, but the site confirmed that the Croatian Luka Modric, which has the highest percentage of votes.

Cristiano Ronaldo came in second, while Frenchman Antoine Grisman came third, with a controversial surprise in the absence of Lionel Messi.
The website also said that Ronaldo and Grisman would not attend the presentation in Paris, and that Modric was the only one who would be present on Monday evening.
Football fans will be waiting next Monday to see the winner of the Golden Ball award for best player in the world, given by France Football magazine for the best of last season, according to the vote of a number of sports journalists.
Real Madrid have already won the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the UEFA European Footballer of the Year Award.