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2024 Ballon d'Or nominees confirmed as three world-class players surprisingly left out

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Updated 22:03 4 Sep 2024 GMT+1Published 19:59 4 Sep 2024 GMT+1

2024 Ballon d'Or nominees confirmed as three world-class players surprisingly left out

The 2024 Ballon d'Or nominees have been announced by France Football.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

The 2024 Ballon d'Or nominees have been officially confirmed, with several world-class players failing to make the cut.

Lionel Messi won the France Football award for the eighth time last year following on from his heroics in guiding Argentina to a third World Cup win in Qatar.

For the second time in history, the award was based around the season between August and July - instead of the calendar year - allowing Messi to triumph with 462 points.

But although he won the Copa America with Argentina in the summer, Inter Miami star Messi has not been nominated for the 2024 award.

His great rival Cristiano Ronaldo has also been left out, despite scoring 44 goals in all competitions for Al Nassr last season.

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It is the first time since 2003 that neither Ronaldo nor Messi have been nominated for the award.

Manchester City talisman Kevin De Bruyne is also a major omission, having helped Pep Guardiola's side win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title last season.

Other players who failed to make the cut include Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala and Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Real Madrid pair Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham have both been included and are among the favourites to win after playing an integral role in the club's La Liga and Champions League double last term.

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Vinicius has odds of 8/13, with Sky Bet, with Bellingham 8/1 to become the first Englishman since Michael Owen to win the Ballon d'Or.

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri is a leading contender after a stellar year where he helped his club win an unprecedented four Premier League titles in a row.

Rodri followed that up by leading Spain to a Euro 2024 triumph in Germany.

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His City teammates Phil Foden and Erling Haaland are outside shouts at 40/1 and 50/1 respectively, though they are behind Kylian Mbappe (33/1) and Harry Kane (33/1).

Image: Getty
Image: Getty

One hundred journalists from all around the world are responsible for the votes, taking into account "individual performance, decisiveness and impressiveness", "collective performance and track record" and "class and fair play".

The winner will be announced on 28 October at a special ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

Men's Ballon d'Or award shortlist in full

Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid

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Kylian Mbappe - Real Madrid

Lautaro Martinez - Inter

Ademola Lookman - Atalanta

Alejandro Grimaldo - Bayer Leverkusen

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Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid

William Saliba - Arsenal

Lamine Yamal - Barcelona

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal

Hakan Calhanoglu - Inter

Rodri - Man City

Declan Rice - Arsenal

Harry Kane - Bayern Munich

Cole Palmer - Chelsea

Vitinha - PSG

Vinicius Jr - Real Madrid

Martin Odegaard - Arsenal

Dani Olmo - Barcelona

Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen

Mats Hummels - Roma

Erling Haaland - Man City

Nicolas Williams - Athletic Bilbao

Granit Xhaka - Bayer Leverkusen

Artem Dovbik - Roma

Toni Kroos - Real Madrid

Jude Bellingham - Real Madrid

Phil Foden - Man City

Ruben Dias - Man City

Federico Valverde - Real Madrid

Emiliano Martinez - Aston VIlla

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Ballon d'Or, Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Rodri, Vinicius Jr, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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