After Lionel Messi was confirmed as Best FIFA Player of the Year, the votes of top stars including Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk have been revealed.


The award was decided by a collection of votes, coming from the captains of each international team, their managers and designated media officials from each country.

Messi took the top honour with 46 per cent of the scoring points, with Van Dijk receiving 38 per cent and Ronaldo 36 per cent.

Each voting individual had to make three selections: a first-placed player who would receive five points, a second-placed player to receive three points and a third-placed player to receive one point.


Messi went for Liverpool winger Sadio Mane and had Ronaldo as his second pick, but Ronaldo did not return the favour, omitting Messi from his top three while opting for Juventus team-mate Matthijs de Ligt as his first option.

England boss Gareth Southgate voted for Lionel Messi - not Harry Kane - as did Liverpool defender Van Dijk and Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.


Wales manager Ryan Giggs went for his former Manchester United team-mate Ronaldo, as did his former Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric and Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka.


Manuel Neuer picked Van Dijk alongside Steve Clarke, Mick McCarthy and Michael O'Neill but Sergio Ramos opted for Eden Hazard - who himself joined Messi in picking Mane.

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Messi voted for ronaldo but Ronaldo didn't vote for him and this isn't the first time it is happening, ronaldo has always hated lionel messi due to jealousy.

He didn't come to the ceremony because he knows messi will win it but he came for vvd uefa award. Very arrogant jealous fellow

Igbosmoker:
Messi voted for ronaldo but Ronaldo didn't vote for him and this isn't the first time it is happening, ronaldo has always hated lionel messi due to jealousy.

He didn't come to the ceremony because he knows messi will win it but he came for vvd uefa award. Very arrogant jealous fellow

Don't worry he would be there to clap when Messi wins his 6th Balon dor

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Ronaldo has an evil heart.if this guy wasn't successful in life he would ve turned a native doctor.

kenodrill:
Ronaldo has an evil heart.if this guy wasn't successful in life he would ve turned a native doctor.

Burst my head o

Why are messi fans so not mature.
I didn't say Messi should not win it but it seems that the media hates Ronaldo and Messi fans will not even read the news and they will start insulting Ronaldo.
Ronaldo only said a motivational post on instagram which a normal person would say but as usual the little kids on nairaland started insulting him.
How is Ronaldo even jealous,if you really look at Messi and Ronaldo closely you would see that Messi is the only one hypes too much between the two.
When Messi insulted combol because of ordinary red card,nobody insulted him but if it was Ronaldo you would see some nairaland members making ftc just to insult Ronaldo e.g mjbolt, come on,thats just childish behavior

kenodrill:
Ronaldo has an evil heart.if this guy wasn't successful in life he would ve turned a native doctor.

Hahaha