The Ballon d'Or ceremony is set for Monday evening and Daily Star Sport runs down the five most controversial winners that had fans confused View 6 Images The Ballon D'Or 2025 ceremony takes places in Paris tonight with PSG striker Ousmane Dembele the favourite to win the men's award (Image: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Here we go again — the Ballon d'Or ceremony is one of the most controversial evenings in the footballing world . ‌

Narratives, warring fans and criteria confusion can lead to fury; just last year Real Madrid players refused to attend the ceremony as Manchester City's Rodri was handed the award . However, that's not the only instance of controversy. ‌

Michael Owen won the award in 2001 - more on that later - despite four other Premier League play

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