Renowned France Football has published the list of candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or.
It is striking that the Argentinian Lionel Messi and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo are not on the list for the first time since 2003.
Messi was recognized as the best soccer player in the world eight times, while Ronaldo was the winner five times.
The nominees for the Ballon d’Or in 2024 are: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Erling Haaland (Manchester City). , Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Artem Dovbik (Girona), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Viniciur Junior (Real Madrid), Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Barcelona), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) , Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Rodri (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Vitinha (PSG), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid) and Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen).
Also, the lists of football players in other categories were published.
Among others, in the competition for the best coach are: Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen), Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Luis de la Fuente (Spain), Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) and Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) ), Klix.ba writes.
