Yashin Trophy

I think Unai Simon will probably end up winning the Ballon d'Or because he's won the World Cup with Spain, which is a shame because it should have been David Raya in goal and they would have won the, the World Cup all the same.

Uh, or the Yashin Trophy, I should say, you know.

He's a nominee for it, but I don't think he'll win it, but he should do.

He deserves to.

See how we are in January, see what the club decide to do in January.

So again, we will see.

Uh, Ojelaris says, "Do you think Raya can be considered the best goalkeeper, uh, in the world right now? For me, surely he deserves the Yashin Trophy." I, I, I think for me he is, but I don't think he will win the Yashin Trophy, sadly.

Shano says, "The ability of this Arsenal to draw experiences from last season is amazing.

Mikel Arteta says Arsenal's Ballon d'Or recognition is a reflection of the collective effort behind the club's success.

Declan Rice, William Saliba and Gabriel have all been nominated for the Player Award while David Raya is up for the Yashin Trophy and Arteta is shortlisted for Coach of the Year.

The Premier League champions are also in contention for Team of the Year and Arteta has described the nominations as recognition of a group achievement.

On the football show last night, Dion Fanning joined Ben Symes and Arthur O'Dea and said that there were some surprising names on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.

Um, I'll tell you where, where the game has gone though, Charlie, um, among the online furore about the, um, Ballon d'Or shortlist of 30 names.

The nominations for the 2026 Yashin Trophy, the best goalkeeper in the world, have been unveiled.

Among them, Vozinha, the Cape Verde hero.

Um, how do you feel about him being on the shortlist? Uh, I think it's...

Okay, let's, uh, move on to, uh, some other stories, shall we? Uh, let's start with the Ballon d'Or nominations.

Gabriel, Rice, and Saliba all nominated, and David Raya named among the nominees for the Yashin Trophy.

I love that these guys have all been nominated, 'cause they all absolutely deserve it, by the way.

What I think is, uh, amazing is that, in particular for Gabriel, right? You know, he misses the penalty in the Champions League final and that must've hurt.

Our duo helped us to the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup title as well as a second place finish in the WSL and a Champions League semi-final.

Elsewhere then, the men's Yashin Trophy.

After winning a third consecutive Golden Glove Award in the Premier League, David Raya has been nominated for the men's Yashin Trophy, an award for the world's best goalkeeper from the previous season.

Arteta's up for men's head coach and then club of the year, Arsenal also nominated.

It could be a busy night.

At some point in Villa's history, I know that to be the case because of the Giants that we are.

But when was really the last time? And there were a couple years there where Emi Martinez was legitimately the best goalie on the planet, back-to-back, Yashin Trophy winner.

And there was a... gravitas that that lent to the club and the fact that he was willing to stick around for that thought he had a very heartfelt goodbye thought his wife had an incredibly heartfelt goodbye to Aston Villa and I'll talk about goodbyes in another second so yeah for me i think like character-wise when we look back on this era of aston villa yeah we'll talk about esri constant being a rolls royce defender we'll talk about ollie watkins being the all-time premier league goal scorer but i think we'll we'll be like remember emmy martinez remember him dancing in front of the manchester united fans you know

like that's the image that i always remember

I mean, I'm...

Every time he wins the Yashin Trophy I'm like, "No." He...

Whenever I see him play for Villa, he's just skittish.

But-