Messi-Ronaldo out! Ballon d'Or announces 30 candidates without Menaldo after 21 years

Sep 05, 2024

[London (UK) = This is Sports Chosun.COM reporter] It's been 21 years. Has a new era arrived. There is neither Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) nor Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr) for the Ballon d'Or.

French Football, which hosts the Ballon d'Or, released a list of candidates for this year's category on the 4th. There were 30 men's candidates for the Ballon d'Or. Neither Messi nor Ronaldo was here. Messi boasts the most awards (eight times) at the Ballon d'Or in history. Ronaldo also won a total of five awards. It is the first time since 2003 that even one of them failed to make the shortlist.

Messi and Ronaldo divided the Ballon d'Or for 10 years from 2008 to 2017. Both have won five awards each. However, since 2018, the center of gravity has tilted toward Messi. I received three more Ballon d'Or. Their failure to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or was an expected result. First of all, his team is on the periphery. Messi plays for the U.S. and Ronaldo plays for Saudi Arabia. It's not a European stage. He is also playing for the national team, but he has not made great achievements on the international stage.

There is no single Asian player among the 30 Ballon d'Or candidates this year. It produced six candidates for Spain, which won Euro 2024, and six for second-place England.

The Ballon d'Or will be announced on October 28.

◇30 Ballon d'Or men's candidates for 2024 (2023-2024 season)

Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid)

Hakan Chalhanoglu (Turkiye, Inter)

Dani Carvajal (Spain, Real Madrid)

Hoobeng Dias (Portugal, Manchester City)

Artem Dovvik (Ukraine, Girona)

Phil Foden (Manchester City, England)

Alex Grimaldo (Leverkusen, Spain)

Erling Holan (Norway, Man City)

Mats Hummels (Germany, Dortmund)

Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich)

Tony Cross (Germany, Real Madrid, retired)

Ademola Lukman (Atalanta, Nigeria)

Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina)

Lautaro Martinez (Argentina, Inter)

Kylian Mbappe (France, PSG)

Martin 외degaard (Norway, Arsenal)

Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig, Spain)

Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea)

Declan Rice (England, Arsenal)

Rodri (Manchester City, Spain)

Antonio Rudiger (Germany, Real Madrid)

Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal)

William Saliba (France, Arsenal)

Federico Valverde (Uruguay, Real Madrid)

Vinicius Junior (Brazil, Real Madrid)

Bittingya (Portugal, PSG)

Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Bilbao)

Florian Birtz (Germany, Bayer Leverkusen)

Granit Saka (Germany, Bayer Leverkusen)

Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)

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