Robert Lewandowski leads the list for 2022 Ballon d’Or Men Player Of The Year Nominees, MySportDab reports.
The Poland international will be looking to claim the award once again after winning it last year in 2021.
There is a lot of changes as it looks to be the era of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is finally over as they seem to have cooled down.
Although only Cristiano Ronaldo made the list for the 30 man which was announced today by the organizers.
Both players have been dominating the award for close to 10 years non-stop which Lionel Messi have won more.
Erling Haaland who is currently one of the hottest strikers in Europe is also on the list and could be going as far as making the top 10.
Robert Lewandowski seems to be the man running the show as there are possibilities of everything coming down between him and Karim Benzema.
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- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
- Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- Darwin Núñez (Liverpool)
- Phil Foden (Man City)
- Sadio Mané (Bayern)
- Riyad Mahrez (Man City)
- Casemiro (Real Madrid)
- Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
- Fabinho (Liverpool)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
- Vinicius JR (Real Madrid)
- Bernardo Silva (Man City)
- Luis Díaz (Liverpool)
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern)
Robert Lewandowski will be gunning to make it a double for himself as he only have Karim Benzema as his rival.
The list will be cut down soon after to just three man which one winner will be picked amongst them as the best football player in the world.
