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Ballon D'or: FIFA To Trim 23 Man Short-list To 3-players by randomFYO: 4:15pm On Dec 01, 2014 |
The 23-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or award will be reduced to just three players later this afternoon by a group of football experts from the FIFA Football Committee and France Football. Gareth Bale, the only Briton on the list, is one of six players from Real Madrid which includes last year’s winner and favourite Cristiano Ronaldo. La Liga rivals Barcelona have four players nominated, including four- time winner Lionel Messi. There are six players from the Bundesliga, are all from Bayern Munich, with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer expected to be the biggest challenge to Ronaldo and Messi. The Premier League has five representatives, Chelsea trio Thiabaut Courtois, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa, Manchester City’s Yaya Toure and Manchester United winger Angel di Maria. Paris St German striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only player in France to be nominated, while Paul Pogba of Juventus is the sole representative from Serie A. FIFA wil reveal the winner of football's biggest award at the Ballon d’Or gala in Zurich on January 12. Ballon d’Or nominations: Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Lionel Messi, Thibaut Courtois, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Angel di Maria, Yaya Toure, Mario Gotze, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andres Iniesta, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Javier Mascherano, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Neymar, Paul Pogba, Sergio Ramos, Arjen Robben, James Rodriguez, Bastian Schweinsteiger. www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9588488/ballon-dor-fifa-to-trim-23-man-short-list-to-three-players-later-today |
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