It was a big surprise to reveal the 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or. Leo Messi Y Neymar Jr. was left on the last list of the trophy for the best soccer player of the year awarded by France Football magazine.
The Argentinianwinner of the 2021 edition and accumulated six Ballon d’Or awards, will not choose to revalidate the award by not entering the final list of candidates for the golden trophy, like the Brazilian, his partner at PSG.
Both are accustomed to this type of nominations, especially Messiwho holds more awards than anyone in history and not missing from the final list since 2006.
The title of Ligue 1 covered in PSG it did not make it to the 30 final candidates in the Ballon d’Or and Kylian Mbappé will be the only representative of the Parisian team at the gala on October 17.
Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time Ballon d’Or winner, appears among the 30 nominees despite a disappointing season at Manchester United, where he has yet to make it to the Champions League.
The 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Rafael Leão (AC Milan), Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Lewandowski (FC Barcelona/Bayern), Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid), Luis Díaz (Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fabinho (Liverpool), Mahrez (Manchester City), Heung-Min Son (Tottenham), Maignan (Milan), Phoden (Manchester City), Darwin Nuñez (Liverpool/Benfica), Mané (FC Bayern/Liverpool), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Haller (Dortmund/Ajax), Modric (Real Madrid), Rüdiger (Real Madrid/Chelsea), De Bruyne (Manchester City), Mbappé (PSG), Van Dijk (Liverpool), Haaland (Manchester City/Dortmund), Vlahovic (Juventus) and Cancelo (Manchester City).
Source: La Verdad
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