Champions League winners Liverpool have SEVEN players on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d’Or.
The Merseyside club’s goalkeeper Alisson Becker, defenders Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum and forwards Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino are all among the candidates.
In all, 15 Premier League-based players were named on the shortlist for the prestigious prize alongside five-times winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Manchester City quintet Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez made the list, as did Tottenham duo Hugo Lloris and Heung-min Son – but there was not place for Spurs’ star man Harry Kane. There was, howeverm a place too for Arsenal’s main striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
There were also four spots for Barcelona players Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Frenkie De Jong, Antoine Griezmann and Messi, while Ronaldo was joined by Juventus team-mate Matthijs De Ligt, who was nominated for the young players’ award too.
Eden Hazard and Karim Benzema were Real Madrid’s only representatives, while World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe and Brazilian defender Marquinhos made it for Paris St Germain.
England international Jadon Sancho was nominated for the Kopa Trophy for young players along with Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, Everton striker Moise Kean and Atletico Madrid’s Joao Felix, who like De Ligt also made the senior list.
Goalkeepers at four English clubs were nominated for the Yashin award as Liverpool’s Alisson, Ederson of Manchester City, Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and Lloris were selected alongside Manuel Neuer, Samir Handanovic, Jan Oblak, Andre Onana, Wojciech Szczesny and Ter Stegen.
Below you can see the table of all 30 nominations for the Ballon d’Or award.
30-man Ballon d'Or shortlist
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Pierre-Emerick Aubamyang (Arsenal)
Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona)
Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid)
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona)
Eden Hazard (Real Madrid)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Heung-min Son (Tottenham)
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Dusan Tadic (Ajax)
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Donny van de Beek (Ajax)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
World champions the United States and Champions League winners Lyon dominated the nominations for the women’s award, with England’s Lucy Bronze and Ellen White in the running.
USA’s Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Tobin Heath and Rose Lavelle all made the shortlist, while Bronze was one of six Lyon players to join them along with Ada Hegerberg, who claimed the award last year, Amandine Henry, Sarah Bouhaddi, Dzsenifer Marozsan and Wendie Renard.
Manchester City’s White and Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema also made the top 20, as did Brazil star Marta.
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