Without Ronaldo and Messi: The 30 candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or have been announced!

All 30 candidates for this year’s victory were announced Golden Ball.

The list is a real “parade” of stars, but for the first year, two footballers are missing who in previous years “monopolized” this award.

This year’s list does not include him Lionel Messidespite Copa America which he conquered with the Argentine national team, but neither did he Cristiano Ronaldo.

To find out the winner, however, we will have to wait until October 28, as then it will be announced who will finally conquer this year’s Golden Ball.

The list of candidates in detail:

Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

Ruben Diaz (Manchester City)

Phil Foden (Manchester City)

Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)

Emiliano Martins (Aston Villa)

Eling Haaland (Manchester City)

Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)

Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)

Artem Dovbik (Roma)

Toni Kroos (Retired)

William Saliba (Arsenal)

Hakan Tsalhanoglu (Inter)

Boukayo Saka (Arsenal)

Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)

Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

Bithynia (Paris Saint Germain)

Declan Rice (Arsenal)

Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

Rhodri (Manchester City)

Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)

Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)

Ademola Lukman (Atalanta)

Lautaro Martins (Inter)

Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)

Mats Hummels (Roma)

Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)

Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)

Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)

Dani Olmo (Barcelona)

They’re all here!

But… who should win it? #ballondor pic.twitter.com/SrkHBrJtuI

— Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) September 4, 2024