Chief of France Football: The player who won the Golden Ball knows already, we've contacted him.

Lionel Messi, Robert Leandowski and Jorginho are the three names in the Golden Ball competition.

According to some reports, Messi has already been announced for the trophy, but nothing is certain until official announcement.

Although the chief of France Football, Pascal Ferree, suggests that interviews and photos were done with players and he already knows.

“The player is aware, we've done interview, photo-session, all in secret. No one saw us, was happy, like the other” winners, said Ferre, broadcast Periscope.

The media have reported that Messy asked for free days at the SPG team to attend the ceremony. It also reported that the Argentinian received six gold balls from Barcelona for photo-sestion. It remains to be seen whether he will be adorned with Golden Ball number 7. /Periscopi/