It is a low moment for Luka nordic and Mohammed Salah as they are excluded from the 20-man Ballon D’or short list.
While Nordic beat giants such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the crest last year, Salah did well on the list, with the hope that he could, sooner than later, be Africa’s next winner.
Whatever befell them, however, also hit Neymar, whose name is also conspicuously absent from the list.
Below are the nominated players for the 2019 Ballon D’or award.
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