No Man Utd-Liverpool players, Ronaldo-Messi out! Revealing the list of 30 players competing for the 2024 Ballon d’Or
- Revealing the list of 30 candidates to win the Ballon d’Or 2024
- No trace of two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
- Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Rodri are the three favourites this year.
The 30-man shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d’Or has been announced, and this year marks the first time in over 25 years that two of the ufabet https://ufabet999.app biggest superstars of the era, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, have not been included in the shortlist.
And of course, the top 3 favorites this year are probably 2 players from Real Madrid, Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior, who led the team to a great European Championship last season, and another great midfielder from Manchester City, who in addition to his excellent performance with the club, was also an important part in leading the Spanish national team to become the champions of Europe.
This year, the final 30-man list includes the most players from the English Premier League, with 10 players, followed by La Liga, with 9 players.
The award ceremony will be held on October 28 in Paris, France.
The list of 30 contenders for the Ballon d’Or 2024 is as follows:
- Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid / England
- Ruben Dias – Man City / Portugal
- Phil Foden – Man City / England
- Federico Valverde – Real Madrid / Uruguay
- Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa / Argentina
- Erling Haaland – Man City / Norway
- Nico Williams – Athletic Bilbao / Spain
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen / Switzerland
- Artem Dovbrik – Girona / Roma / Ukraine
- Toni Kroos – Real Madrid / Germany
- Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid / Brazil
- Dani Olmo – RB Leipzig / Barcelona / Spain
- Florian Wertz – Bayer Leverkusen / Germany
- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal / Norway
- Mats Hummels – Borussia Dortmund / Roma / Germany
- Rodri – Man City / Spain
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich/England
- Declan Rice – Arsenal / England
- Vitinha – Paris / Portugal
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea / England
- Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid / Spain
- Lamine Yamal – Barcelona / Spain
- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal / England
- Hakan Kalhanoglu – Inter/Türkiye
- William Saliba – Arsenal / France
- Kylian Mbappe – Paris / Real Madrid / France
- Lautaro Martinez – Inter/Argentina
- Ademola Lukman – Atalanta / Nigeria
- Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid / Germany
- Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen / Spain
The 10 nominees for the Kepa Trophy 2024 (Young Player of the Year) are as follows:
- Warren Zaire-Emery
- Lamine Yamal
- Mathis Tell
- Savinho
- Joao Neves
- Cobby Minoo
- Karim Konate
- Arda Guler
- Alejandro Garnacho
- Pao Kubarsi