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Argentina and Paris Saint Germain Football club forward and reigning Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi has surprisingly missed out on the 30-man shortlist for this year’s award following his unimpressive debut season at PSG.
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Although his long-time rival, Cristiano Ronaldo made the list for his heroics for Manchester United last season despite the Red Devils’ not too good finish in the English Premier League (EPL).
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The Ballon D’or Winner will be announced on the 17th of October in Paris.
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Below are the 30-man 2022 Ballon d’Or nominees
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- Vinicius Jnr (Real Madrid)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
- Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
- Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- Casemiro (Real Madrid)
- Son Heung-min (Tottenham)
- Fabinho (Liverpool)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) (edited)
- Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
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