The ‘Best Player of the 2022/23 season for UEFA will be released on Leo Messi, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland. This was set this Thursday, when the names of the three finalists were announced as a prelude to an award that will be given to Grimaldi Forum Monaco on August 31 during the draw for the 2023/24 Champions League group stage.
Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland entered the list of finalists as representatives of City of Manchester of Pep Guardiola which was made with the title of Champions League from last season, and the inclusion of Leo Messi responds to his good work in Paris Saint-Germain despite the fact that the performance of the French team in the leading continental competition only reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Bayern Munich.
It should be noted that this will almost certainly be the last time Leo Messi opt for the award considering his recent march to between miami. Only a return to European football in the future will make it possible for him to win again and at the moment it seems unlikely. He won it twice, in 2011 and in 2015.
Leo Messi, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland are the finalists and others alike Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo Hernández, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic or Declan Rice they stayed close to it.
On the other hand, in the coaches section, the finalists are Pep Guardiola and simone inzaghichampions and runners-up in the Champions League with City and Inter respectively, and Luciano Spalletti. Jose Luis MendilibarDespite his success in the Europa League, he was left off the shortlist.
Source: La Verdad
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