Mancini: Chelsea midfielder Jorginho should win Ballon d’Or

Italy coach Roberto Mancini says Chelsea midfielder Jorginho should be this year’s Ballon d’Or winner.

Jorginho ended last season a European champion with both Chelsea and Italy.

At this morning’s World Cup qualifying presser, Mancini was asked who should win the gong and replied: “Jorginho I think so. He has been doing well for years and this year he has won everything he has played, he deserves it.”

He also said: “Nothing has changed. Our life will go on and our work too. We have won the European Championship, we have made ourselves and 60 million Italians happy. It made us proud, the fact that we gave happiness to all these people.

“From the 3-4 year old child to the person of 85, I was really happy with what we did and that was the best thing for us.”