The Ballon d’Or Award nominees for 2024 have been officially announced today with a long list of names, MySportDab reports.
A new winner will be crowned this year after Lionel Messi stunned many by coming back to reclaim one last award in 2023.
The 2024 Ballon d’Or nominees list has been made available today after the announcement was made by the organizers.
Real Madrid has several players and Vinicius Junior is one of those tipped to claim the award for the year 2024.
Erling Haaland is also another big name who has been nominated after missing out on the award last year behind the winner.
Here Is The Full List:
Jude Bellingham
Ruben Dias
Phil Foden
Federico Valverde
Emiliano Martinez
Erling Haaland
Nico Williams
Granit Xhaka
Artem Dovbik
Toni Kroos
Vinicius Jr
Dani Olmo
Matt Hummels
Florian Wirtz
Cole Palmer
Martin Odegaard
Harry Kane
Rodri
Declan Rice
Vitinha
Dani Carvalja
Lamine Yamal
William Saliba
Hakan Calhanoglu
Bukayo Saka
Kylian Mbappe
Lautaro Martinez
Ademola Lookman
Antonio Rudiger
Alejandro Grimaldo
Ademola Lookman is the only African player nominated as Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen have no place on the list.
The Ballon d’Or winner will be announced on October 28 in Paris which will be broken down into three nominees before the main man to take home the award.