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Ballon d’Or award: No Messi in the 30-person checklist, Cristiano is there | Lionel Messi misses out on 30-male Ballon d’Or longlist for first time given that 2005, Cristiano Ronaldo makes the lower

Paris: Organizers France Football magazine has released the very first listing of 30 gamers to be deemed for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the most effective player in planet football. Lionel Messi, the reigning Ballon d’Or winner and shining star of modern football, is not integrated in the 30-person checklist. This is the initial time due to the fact 2006 that the 7-time Ballon d’Or winner has not been shortlisted for the award. Messi, who moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, was not able to perform perfectly for the club and was eradicated from the checklist. PSG were eradicated in the Champions League pre-quarters after losing to Actual Madrid.

Meanwhile, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has been provided in the 30-member record. 6 players from Champions League and Super Cup winners Authentic Madrid have been incorporated in the 30-male shortlist, such as top prospect Karim Benzema. Leading League winners Manchester Town and Champions League runners-up Liverpool each and every have six gamers on the list.

Ballon d’Or 2022 nominees

1. Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)

2. Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)

3. Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United)

5. Kylian Mbappe (France, PSG)

6. Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona)

7. Harry Kane (England, Tottenham)

8. Sadio Mane (Senegal, Bayern Munich)

9. Vinicius (Brazil, Serious Madrid),

10. Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)

11. Casemiro (Brazil, Serious Madrid)

12. Yoo Cancelo (Portugal, Manchester City)

13. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City)

14. Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester Metropolis)

15. Phil Foden (England, Manchester Metropolis)

16. Fabinho (Brazil, Liverpool)

17. Rafael Liao (Portugal, AC Milan)

18. Trent Alexander Arnold (England, Liverpool)

19. Sebastian Haller (Ivory Coast, Borussia Dortmund)

20. Riyad Mehres (Algeria, Manchester Metropolis)

21. Joshua Kimmich (Germany, Bayern Munich)

22. Mike Maignan (France, AC Milan)

23. Darwin Nunes (Uruguay, Liverpool)

24. Christopher Cuncu (France, Leipzig)

25. Antonio Rudiger (Germany, Serious Madrid)

26. Virgil Van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool)

27. Mab Heung Min (South Korea, Tottenham)

28. Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City)

29. Lui Diaz (Colombia, Liverpool)

30. Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia, Juventus)