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Harry Kane is in at no.10!

His first appearance in the shortlist and he is straight into the top 10.

aremz:
Don't be surprised if Ngolo kante goes home with the award!�

Best joke of the day!

internationalman:
Goal scorer...

But what was the likes of Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Kaka known for...

Thierry Henry was the highest goal scorer in the whole of Europe on the two occasions Zidane and Kaka won it respectively; but he has not given the award.

Here is a twist. Okocha was more outstanding than any African player at his peak, yet he never won the African player award.

Beyond being a goal scoring machine, being in the right team matters a whole lot. Arsenal was good during the days of Thierry Henry but their depth was limited to England and not Europe. Okocha shone in England but never at the European level compared to Eto'o.

I hope you understand now.

Criis:
I dunno when ballon d'or became a team award

Ain't it an award for individual brilliance?

It irks Me when Madrid/Penaldo fans mention trophies when discussing ballon d'or.

Who said it was a team award? What was Ronaldo's role en route a back to back Champions League win? What was his role en route winning the Labour liga?

Remind me, please...

The moment I saw Jacob's name while reading through the passage

Social media is dangerous

internationalman:
Then why Ronaldo name isn't mentioned along Pele and Maradona..
You think football is all about scoring goals...
I wonder how Canavaro, Zidane and Ronaldinho won the award...

What was Pele known for, please

tobore4u:
Bro its 2017 award they are given, I think Messi deserve it than Ronaldo.

Care to explain why Messi deserves it more than Ronaldo?

What was Messi's achievement in 2017? Remember Madrid won the Champions League back to back for the first time in the history of the game since it was reformed.

I believe there is no argument as to who pocketed 2017 between the duo.

...STILL WAITING FOR THE TOP 10

Afam4eva:
You're really a strange person to be supporting Buhari and Ronaldo at the same time. I hope you're not an Arsenal fan too

LMAO! I don't support Buhari. I'm sure I had once publicly announced that I regretted voting him. That said, what is Arsenal?

I'm a Madridista

HERE COMES THE TOP 10

These are the names, but what order will they be in?
​Neymar
Kante
Modric
Kane
Lewandowski
Ramos
Buffon
Ronaldo
Messi
Mbappe

PSG star, Edison Cavani at 11th!

Another Real Madrid player is in and it's Isco at 12th!

Grabbing 13th position is Luiz Suarez

Another Premier League representative as Kevin De Bruyne takes 14th place.

Just Kane and Kante left from these shores.

Knock Paulo Dybala off that list as he is in at 15th!

WHO'S LEFT?

Neymar
N'Golo Kante
Luka Modric
Paulo Dybala
Harry Kane
Robert Lewandowski
Kevin De Bruyne
Edinson Cavani
Luis Suarez
Sergio Ramos
Gianluigi Buffon
Cristiano Ronaldo
Isco
Lionel Messi
Kylian Mbappe

Real Madrid defender Marcelo is in at 16th, and now we await the top 15.

Toni Kroos is next out, sitting at 17th place.

RoyalBlak007:
♤Wow

[color=#F5A215]♤Bad year for him.He needs a transfer ASAP[/color]

Antoine Griezmann is good but he came at a wrong era. It would take more than the ordinary to survive in an era dictated by Messi and Ronaldo. It is no surprising that the likes of Ibrahimovic, Hazard, Robben, Ribery, et al, have all been relegated to the background.

Antoine Griezmann lands at 18th in the Ballon d'Or rankings.

PREMIER LEAGUE STARS

Philippe Coutinho: 29th
Sadio Mane: 23rd
David De Gea: 20th
Eden Hazard: 19th

Still to be announced:
N'Golo Kante
Kevin De Bruyne
Harry Kane

Eden Hazard is in at 19th, with Chelsea team-mate N'Golo Kante yet to be announced.

David De Dea sneaks into the top 20!

Joining Leonardo Bonucci in joint-21st place is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Lalasticlala

Just missing out on the top 20 is Leonardo Bonucci, once of Juventus and now at AC Milan.

We have the second Liverpool player in the 30-man shortlist next as Sadio Mane is 23rd.

The Reborn Radamel Falcao lands in 24th place.

Karim Benzema is named in 25th place.

And we are LIVE!

​THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS

France Football have started releasing the top 30 nominees in order of votes.

The dream has died for joint-29th place Dries Mertens and Philippe Coutinho.

Edin Dzeko is 28th, Mats Hummels in 27th and Jan Oblak is 26th.

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willjoe:
The fact is, if Ronaldo wins 20 ballon'dor, Messi is still the Greatest of all time. Only real madrid fans dispute this. Infact, when they both retire, Football should be renamed in honor of Messi, and Penalty be renamed in respect of Ronaldo. Messi is like football itself and Ronaldo as to Penalty which is part of football. Such is their respective influence in the game.

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Messi fanboy.

1. History would ask how a Ronaldo keenly contested the most individual coveted prize in football against your all time great such that he won it just as the same amount as him.
2. History would ask how a young, charismatic, onetime Lisbon player took the Premier League by storm to become a force, left for Spain to become a phenom.
3. History would ask how Ronaldo scored 50 goals in six consecutive seasons in the same league Messi is known for when he clearly could not do same.
4. History would ask how a Ronaldo was the first player in the history of the La liga to score against every team in a single season where Messi had been playing prior his arrival in 2009.
5. History would ask why Ronaldo won a senior national silverware while your so-called all time great cost his team a final by shooting a penalty kick into the sky, cried like a sissy and announced his retirement because he could not handle failure.
6. History would also ask why Ronaldo was announced the most complete footballer alive when Messi played in his era.
7. History would ask why Messi refused to play elsewhere but Barcelona while Ronaldo moved from Lisbon to Manchester United, became the club's iconic star and moved to Real to become goalkeeper's nightmare.
8. History would ask how a Ronaldo overtook Messi in the Champions League all time scoring chart to become its all time goal scorer.

Ronaldo would not only go down as an inspiration to players who are not regarded, but would be regarded as the best thing to happen to goal scoring feats in modern day football. One word best describe him and that is GENUIS.

Educate yourself, biko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_FIFA_Football_Awards

https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ronaldo-The-Best-Oct2017.jpg


Mynd44
Mukina2
Lalasticlala

Abagworo:
Its only an 18 storey building and not a skyscraper. Once you drive into Abakaliki and turn left towards the township, the building stares you right at the face.

Oga, biko, what is the difference between an 18-storey building and a skyscrapper

https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/67/590x/secondary/Cristiano-Ronaldo-1153686.jpg
^{'Quinto Triumfo' ('fifth triumph') inscribed on the boots of Ronaldo}

Mynd44
Mukina2
Lalasticlala