Spanish football outlet Mundo
Deportivo claim to have gotten their
hands on a leaked list of contenders
for this year's Ballon D'Or, containing
59 names which will later be whittled
down to 23 before a winner is announced. Real Madrid and Barcelona each have
seven players apiece on the list, but
there are also inclusions for the likes
of Tottenham's Harry Kane and and
handful of other Premier League
players. There are a couple of slightly
unexpected names on the list too,
with Arsenal's mistake-prone backup
goalkeeper David Ospina making the
list along with Massimo Luongo of
Swindon Town, currently playing in League One. The 2016 awards ceremony will be
held on the 11th of January in Zurich,
along with the FIFA Women’s World
Player of the Year trophy and the
Puskas award, given to the scorer of
the best goal of the year as voted on by the public. The players on the list are: Barcelona: Claudio Bravo, Javier Mascherano,
Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Ivan
Rakitic, Neymar, Luis Suarez. Real Madrid: Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronalso, Luka
Modric, James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos. Juventus: Giorgio Chiellini, Paul Pogba, Alvaro Morata. New York City: Andrea Pirlo. Boca Juniors: Carlos Tevez. Bayern Munich: Arturo Vidal, Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben,
David Alaba, Thomas Muller, Manuel
Neuer. Manchester City: Wilfried Bony, Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero,
Nicolas Otamendi, Kevin de Bruyne. Chelsea: Diego Costa, Willian, Thibaut Courtois, Eden Hazard. Paris Saint- Germain: Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Javier Pastore. Manchester United: Wayne Rooney, David de Gea, Memphis Depay. Arsenal: David Ospina, Alexis Sanchez. Atletico Madrid: Antoine Griezmann, Jackson Martinez. Tottenham: Son Heung-min, Harry Kane. Milan: Carlos Bacca. LA Galaxy: Giovani dos Santos. Liverpool: Philippe Coutinho. Bournemouth: Christian Atsu. Corinthians: Paulo Guerrero. Hoffenheim: Eduardo Vargas. Internazionale: Gary Medel. Lyon: Alexandre Lacazette. PSV Eindhoven: Andres Guardado. River Plate: Carlos Sanchez. Swansea: Andre Ayew. Swindon Town: Massimo Luongo. Leicester City: Shinji Okazaki