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Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed that Achraf Hakimi will not attend the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday evening.
The announcement comes after the one-day postponement of Le Classique, with PSG naming a 19-man squad – three goalkeepers included – just hours before the Ligue 1 game at the Orange Vélodrome in Marseille.
Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, João Neves, and Bradley Barcola are all absent due to injury. Hakimi, one of the top contenders for the Ballon d’Or, is therefore unable to attend the ceremony.
The French Professional Football League (LFP) has confirmed that Sunday’s Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain has been postponed because of bad weather.
Citing article 548 of competition regulations, the LFP said: “When a match cannot start due to bad weather, it is postponed, or if it is stopped completely, it resumes the following day (unless there are exceptional circumstances), from the minute it was stopped, at a time set by the LFP.”
The game will now be played on Monday at 19:00 (GMT+1).
French outlet RMC reported that PSG pushed for a later date, as the rescheduled time clashes with the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris, where nine of their players, including Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, are nominated.
