The 2019 Ballon d’Or nominees list has been released and it includes Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Virgil Van Dijk.
Excluded from the list is last year’s winner, Luka Modric, and also Brazil’s Neymar Jnr.
Ballon d’Or award is issued by France Football since 1956 with their editorial team putting together a list of 30 players as nominees.
See list for the 2019 Ballon d’Or below.
Sadio Mane – Liverpool
Sergio Aguero – Manchester City
Frenkie de Jong – Ajax/ Barcelona
Hugo Lloris – Tottenham
Dusan Tadic – Ajax
Kylian Mbappe – PSG
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
Donny van de Beek – Ajax
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Arsenal
Marc-Andre Ter-Stegen – Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus
Alisson – Liverpool
Matthijs de Ligt – Juventus
Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
Georginio Wijnaldum – Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
Heung-min Son – Tottenham Hotspur
Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich
Roberto Firmino – Liverpool
Lionel Messi – Argentina/Barcelona