Top 5 Favorites For The Golden Ball

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French soccer magazine, France Football, announced the 30 candidates for the 2024 Ballon d’Or on Wednesday, September 4. The shortlist, which includes the best players of the 2023-24 season — between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024 —, does not feature the two most successful players of the 21st century, eight-time winner Lionel Messi and five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo. The two have failed to make the cut for the first time since 2003.

Here is the shortlist in full:

Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/England)
Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter/Turkiye)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid/Spain)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Spain)
Artem Dovbyk (Girona/Ukraine)
Phil Foden (Manchester City/England)
Alex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen/Spain)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City/Norway)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund/Germany)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich/England)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Germany)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta/Nigeria)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa/Argentina)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter/Argentina)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG/France)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal/Norway)
Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Spain)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea/England)
Declan Rice (Arsenal/England)
Rodri (Manchester City/Spain)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid/Germany)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal/England)
William Saliba (Arsenal/France)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid/Uruguay)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid/Brazil)
Vitinha (PSG/Portugal)
Nico Williams (Athletic Club/Spain)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen/Germany)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen/Switzerland)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spain)

With the Ronaldo-Messi era officially over and no former Ballon d’Or winner squeezing into the 30-man list, it is now time for someone new to be crowned the Best in the World. Below, we will take out the top five players who have a good chance of standing on the top step in Paris on October 28.

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Author : Sushan Chakraborty

Publish date : 2024-09-05 06:40:38

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