Luis Suarez is baffled that Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is not the outright favourite to win the Ballon d'Or, which is set to be handed out in January.

The Argentine attacker is La Liga's all-time top goalscorer, as of last month, but Cristiano Ronaldo is the current favourite to win his third Ballon d'Or after helping Real Madrid to lift the Champions League and Copa del Rey in 2014.

Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who won the World Cup this summer, is the third and final star in the running for the annual accolade, and has the public backing of Uefa president Michel Platini.

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