Messi, Haaland and De Bruyne the candidates for the award of the best of UEFA

Two players of the European champion, Manchester City, o Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyneas well as the World champion with Argentina, Lionel Messiare the candidates for the award of the top player of her last season UEFAas announced by the European Federation.

The winner will be announced on Thursday August 31 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, while the draw for the group stage is expected afterwards Champions League.

Note that the list was selected by its technical study team UEFA based on their performance in the 2022-23 season at club and national team level. The three candidates who will compete in Monaco for the award were voted by a jury, which consists of the coaches of the teams that played in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference Leaguealong with the UEFA national team coaches.

In fact, the trio for the coach of the year was also announced, with Pep GuardiolaLuciano Spalletti and Simone Inzaghi to claim the prize.

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All #UEFAawards winners will be announced at the #UCLdraw on 31 August.

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