Players shortlisted for Ballon d’Or

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Last year, Luca Modric won the Ballon d'Or stopping the long-time reign of Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo. This year, no one can boldly nominate one person that might win without having a biased mind. There is a big controversy in people's minds over who would likely win the Ballon d'Or. Lionel Messi won the FIFA player award, but that doesn’t guarantee an automatic Ballon d'Or victory. However, he stands a good chance to be among the last three. We can be so sure of the winner, but we can keep predicting. The thirty men list of likely Ballon d'Or winners is listed below.

• Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
• Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
• Dusan Tadic (Ajax)
• Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona)
• Sergio Aguero (Man City)
• Bernardo Silva (Man City)
• Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
• Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
• Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
• Riyad Mahrez (Man City)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
• Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)
• Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Eden Hazard (Real Madrid)
• Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Raheem Sterling (Man City)
• Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid)

• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)
• Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
• Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
• Donny van de Beek (Ajax)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
• Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
• Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

Looking forward to the Ballon d'Or ceremony that will take place on December 2 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

Who will be the winner? Comment below.