Ballon d’Or (9 replies)

Historically never really paid much attention to this given that 99% of the time, the winner was named either Ronaldo or Messi, but I suppose there’s a bit more intrigue now.

Favourites seem to be Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Lamine Yamal or Raphinha (Barcelona). Yamal would be the youngest player ever to win it at 18, breaking Ronaldo’s record (21 yo).

Nominees:

Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid)
Ousmane Dembélé (France, PSG)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, PSG/Manchester City)
Désiré Doué (France, PSG)
Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands, Inter)
Serhou Guirassy (Guinea, Borussia Dortmund)
Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden, Sporting CP/Arsenal)
Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, PSG)
Harry Kane (England, Bayern)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia, Napoli/PSG)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona)
Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina, Liverpool)
Lautaro Martínez (Argentina, Inter)
Kylian Mbappé (France, Real Madrid)
Scott McTominay (Scotland, Napoli)
Nuno Mendes (Portugal, PSG)
João Neves (Portugal, PSG)
Michael Olise (France, Bayern)
Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea)
Pedri (Spain, Barcelona)
Raphinha (Brazil, Barcelona)
Declan Rice (England, Arsenal)
Fabián Ruiz (Spain, PSG)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool)
Vinícius Júnior (Brazil, Real Madrid)
Vitinha (Portugal, PSG)
Florian Wirtz (Germany, Leverkusen/Liverpool)
Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)