The 30 football players who will claim it became known Golden Ball!
The France Football has unveiled the names of the nominees who will be vying for the coveted award at the annual glitzy ceremony, with that of Lionel Messi to be included in the list.
Present in the top three are last year’s top, Karim Benzemathe Haaland, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gintogan and Rodri who flourished with Manchester City, as well as Modric, Mbappe, Lewandowski, Salah and Kvaratsheliawhile o Cristiano Ronaldo is not among the candidates.
The night of the selection of the top will be hers October 30thwhile the nominations for the awards that will accompany the Golden Ball have also been announced!
The list of Ballon d’Or nominees in detail:
Josko Guardiol – Leipzig/Manchester City
Andre Onana – Inter/Manchester United
Karim Benzema – Real Madrid/Al Ittihad
Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich
Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
Jude Bellingham – Dortmund/Real Madrid
Boukayo Saka – Arsenal
Radal Kolo Moani – Eintracht Frankfurt/Paris Saint-Germain
Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
Kvitsa Kvaratshelia – Napoli
Emiliano Martins – Aston Villa
Ruben Diaz – Manchester City
Nicolo Barella – Inter
Erling Haaland – Manchester City
Martin Odegaard – Arsenal
Ilkay Gintogan – Manchester City/Barcelona
Yassin Bono – Sevilla/Al Hilal
Julian Alvarez – Manchester City
Vinicius – Real Madrid
Rodri – Manchester City
Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
Lionel Messi – Paris Saint-Germain/Inter Miami
Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona
Lautaro Martines – Inter
Kim Min Jae – Napoli/Bayern Munich
Luka Modric – Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain
Victor Osimen – Napoli
Harry Kane – Tottenham/Bayern Munich
Source: Sport Fm
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