It looks like the actual ball used for the Euro Finals will be in trading cards. Pretty impressive by the Topps team - although it looks like some of these will have a sticker - auto. Nonetheless, pulling this card would be pretty cool!

https://x.com/Topps/status/1856737004186186213

Topps has announced that they have partnered with Ballon d'Or on an exclusive deal. Ballon d'Or Trophy is the most prestigious and valuable individual award individual award in soccer. Messi has won it the most in history with 8 wins. This year Rodri Hernandez (men) and Aitana Bonmati (women) won it.

Part of the Ballon d'Or ceremony is awarding the best young player (Kopa Trophy) in which the soccer phenom, Lamine Yamal won.

It looks like Topps is making a push into soccer, a field primarily dominated by Panini.

You can check out the first cards from this partnership w/ the new Topps Now release.

https://www.topps.com/collections/cards-collectibles/topps-now?property=36925

Seems like the internet won on this one. I think enough commotion from this headline, made the seller cave in and do what is right. Great to see.

My previous story: https://www.onmantel.com/post/d342b8f5-38b2-46e7-bec5-d1bad915e268

https://x.com/SoccerCardsHQ/status/1842043612634480789

Last night, during a live soccer break on Whatnot, a seller pulled a Black 1/1 Lamine Yamal and decided to keep it, while refunding the audience. The breaker deleted his account since then.

Pretty scummy in my opinion. I am sure Whatnot/buyers can press legal charges and have video documentation. The sellers are required to provide personal/business information in order to sell through the KYC process on Whatnot, so it will be easy for them to get a hold of the breaker.

https://x.com/ericwhiteback/status/1841485792226476094

Big win for Spain today. Lamine Yamal had a spectacular tournament and Topps just revealed it's ultra-rare 2024 Topps Chrome UEFA EURO set, featuring him & Jude Bellingham. Thoughts on the card? I love the design.

https://x.com/Topps/status/1812509849915097191