Last year’s winner will battle against the
Barcelona
duo for the award, which will be handed
out on
August 27 at the draw for the Champions
League
group stage
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luiz
Suarez
have been announced as the final three
candidates
for the 2014-15 Uefa Best Player in Europe
award.
Ronaldo, who picked up the trophy last
year, earns
another nomination after a season in which
he
scored 61 goals in 54 appearances and
claimed the
Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup.
Messi and Suarez, meanwhile, formed a
fearsome
attacking partnership with Neymar that
helped
inspire Barcelona to the treble in Luis
Enrique’s first
season in charge.
Ronaldo and the Barca duo finished ahead
of
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon,
Neymar and
Chelsea star Eden Hazard in the running for
the
award.
The Uefa Best Player in Europe prize is
voted for by
journalists from all 54 of Uefa’s member
associations. Each journalist provides a
five-man
shortlist who they believe should win the
award,
with each of those players receiving a
points tally
based on the ranking and number of votes
they
receive.
The winner will be announced at the
Champions
League group-stage draw on August 27,
where a
jury will vote for one of the final trio.

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