Four Barca players in Ballon d’Or final list
The prestigious French magazine ‘France Football’ announced this Sunday the name of 10 football players who will compete for this year’s Ballon d’Or award. Four of the names in this final list are Barcelona players.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández and Lionel Messi are still in the race for the award, though it has been predicted that the Argentinian is the shoe-in favourite.
Former Barcelona striker, Samuel Eto’o, has also made the list.
The rest of the players in the final 10 are: Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, Didier Drogba of Chelsea, Steven Gerrard of Liverpool, and Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.
The winner will be announced on December 1 by the magazine, with the award presentation to be held the following Sunday, December 6, in the studios of TF1, in the French capital, Paris.
The incumbent is Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo when he was with Manchester United.
Other players who made the full (30-player) list, according to rankings are:
11. Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
12. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
13. Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg)
14. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
15. Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona)
16. Luis Fabiano (FC Sévilla), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
19. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)
20. Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
21. Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
24. Maicon (Inter Milan)
25. Diego (Juventus)
26. David Villa (Valencia), John Terry (Chelsea)
28. Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich), Yaya Touré (FC Barcelona)
30. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
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Messi, Xavi and Iniesta in Top 3, please
David Villa in 26th place?! What the fuck is up with that? He should be top 7, at least.
Why Drogba is in top 10? He only scored 14 goals in 42 games.
It`s a f***ing disgrace!
But I hope Messi, Xavi, Iniesta in top 3.
Top-3 has been leaked by some media: Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi.
Of what Iniesta shown last season, I myself can't see him outside of the Top 3.
as much as i know messi will win it, i always prefer xavi.
I hope its
1.Messi
2.Xavi
As much as i would want Iniesta in 3 , i know Wanko will take that place.
And yea..one more thing .. What in God's name is kaka doing in top 10 ?
Seriously !! What has Kaka done last year ? Squat !!
The most over rated footballer on planet earth. Who knows ? They might even rate him in top 10 throwing out Iniesta.
Thank you!!!! I was just going to comment the same thing. Kaka didn't do ANYTHING! He was even injured a few days during the season too and didn't win anything at all.
1- Messi (The world's greatest footballer, and had an extraordinary season last year.)
2- Xavi (The world's best playmaker, simply world class.)
3- Iniesta (The world's most underrated footballer, it's about time he gets the recognition)
4- Ibrahimovic (The world's most complete center forward, became the top scorer in Serie A with a horrendous midfield..)
5- Ronaldo