The Barcelona star is expected to go head-to-head with his old foe, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus FC and the new pretender, Virgil Van Dijk once again for the right to be crowned best in the world.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are expected to be among the 30 nominees for the 2019 Ballon d'Or as they contest the crown of best player in the world.

Messi has won 5 Ball on d'Or, with Messi's last in 2015. Cristiano Ronaldo has also won it 5 times with the last in 2015. Virgil Van Dijk's chances of winning this laurel is slim even after winning Uefa best player award last month, but in football, deciding the world best is not just based on fanship, love or hate for a player. Fans don't vote but rather, Coaches and Captains of national teams.

Other nominees are:

Saido Mane/Liverpool Fc/Senegal

Sergio Aguero/Manchester City/Argentina

Franke de Jong/Ajax/Barcelona/Netherlands

Dusan Tadic/Ajax/Serbia

Hugo Lloris/Tottenham/France

Kylian Mbappe/PSG/France

Trent Alex. Anold/Liverpool/England

Vonny Van de Been/Ajax/Netherlands

Perrie E. Augbameyang/Arsenal/Gabon

Eden Hazard/Chelsea/Real Madrid/Belgium

Ter Stergen/Barcelona/Germany

Alisson/Liverpool/Brazil

Matthijts de ligt/Ajax/Juventus/Netherlands

Kareem Benzema/Real Madrid/France

Georginio Wynaldum/Liverpool/Netherlands

Bernardo Silver/Manchester City/Portugal

Heung Min Son/Tottenham/South Korea

Robert Lewandoski/Bayern Munchen/Poland

Roberto Firmino/Liverpool/Brazil

Mo Salah/Liverpool/Egypt

Ngolo Kante/Chelsea/France

Antonnie Griezman/Atletico Madrid/Barcelona/France

Suarez/Barcelona/Uruguay

Nermay Junior/PSG/Brazil



The last was won by Luka Modric in 2018 ending Messi - Ronaldo Duopoly.

This year's Ballon d'Or winner will be announced on December 2.



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Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/10/21/ballon-dor-2019-messi-ronaldo-van-dijkj-makes-list-see-other-nominees/

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