Fans will also be allowed to make their vote count with public voting on FIFA's website open until Dec. 9. Joining them on the shortlist are Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who reached the Champions League final with PSG, while Liverpool's Premier League winning trio of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane also made the cut. "A new country, a new team. Lewandowski was a firm favourite for the Ballon d'Or award before it was scrapped this year for the first time in its 64-year history because of the coronavirus. 25. They meet again on Dec. 8. This service is provided on talkSPORT Ltd's Terms of Use in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The final ten will also likely cause a stir, particularly amongst the Team Messi and Team Ronaldo fans. For every angel, we want a Haaland, a young personality who doesn't quite do things perfectly. James is a Senior Writer for GiveMeSport with over five-and-a-half years of experience in the industry. The Best FIFA Men's Player: Thiago Alcantara (Spain/Bayern Munich and Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (France/PSG), Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Neymar (Brazil/PSG), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool), The Best FIFA Women's Player: Lucy Bronze (England/Lyon and Manchester City), Delphine Cascarino (France/Lyon), Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway/Barcelona), Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg and Chelsea), Jennifer Hermoso (Spain/Barcelona), Ji So-yun (South Korea/Chelsea), Sam Kerr (Australia/Chelsea), Saki Kumagai (Japan/Lyon), Dzsenifer Marozsan (Germany/Lyon), Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands/Arsenal), Wendie Renard (France/Lyon), Should Man City prioritise signing Haaland over Messi? "I think there is always competition with him and Mbappe, Lewandowski and Salah in terms of numbers of goals and that's what we seem to judge the best players in the world now, goals scored and assists made. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images), 3. Neymar; 24. Lewandowski will be 34 when next season rolls around and yet he keeps getting better. "A World Cup-winner already, and it will be interesting to see where he is playing his football next season.". Meanwhile, his position as the most-followed Premier League player on Twitter (18.2 million) didn't seem to warrant Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah subscribing to Blue. (1:33). Fernando Gago Played with Ronaldo for three years at Real Madrid as well as Messi for the Argentina national team. Eden Hazard - 100 (19% of games) 3. Cristiano 5. Neymar, the second most followed footballer on Twitter (62 million) behind Ronaldo, has rejoined the masses by becoming an unverified profile. 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"When I was a lot younger, it wasn't so much about numbers, it was more about the play. "They would be the two who would split people now in the way Messi and Ronaldo have split people for so many years. Scorers: Sync Arsenal suffer extra-time loss as Wolfsburg reach Womens Champions League final. "Football needs people like him, it needs personality. Haaland is still only 21 but his formidable goalscoring record already places him among the elite. Joining them on the shortlist are Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who reached the Champions League final with PSG, while Liverpool's Premier League winning trio of You wont be able to go to a pub on a Saturday afternoon and not hear a fan from one club telling a fan from another club that their players are better. 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"He had a brilliant season in his last season at Barcelona, with the numbers you would always expect him to get, but it hasn't quite clicked for him at Paris Saint-Germain, maybe for a number of reasons. Yesterday's rainy training session! pic.twitter.com/sKZn6xmWxX. Al hamdulillah pic.twitter.com/g8CJTq3XtX. Iniesta Forever pic.twitter.com/elXQc6D8Ge. Neville, though, feels he's not at the level required to be considered the world's best. Cristiano Ronaldo - 175 (30% of games). Ronaldo, who won the award in 2017, guided Madrid to their third Champions League title in a row, while Messi scored 34 league goals to guide Barca to the Liga title. Transfer Centre LIVE! 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That's not because these players don't have the ability, it's just that there may be someone else who comes along in four or five years and takes their mantle. "He gets a little bit of criticism at different times, maybe because he didn't become the best player in the world. Arsenal's free-scoring Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema also made the shortlist along with Sam Kerr who won the FA Women's Super League last season with Chelsea. Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is sixth on 25m, while Liverpools Mohamed Salah completes the top five with earnings of around 30m-a-year. Lyon's Jean-Luc Vasseur is nominated for the best women's coach along with Chelsea's Emma Hayes and last year's runner-up Sarina Wiegman of the Netherlands. He says: "Lewandowski is a great centre-forward, he's been a great player for Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, but I don't think we should be putting him anywhere near Messi and Ronaldo. "Unfortunately, that's the way it is for these guys who have dominated for so long. "It's not a Liverpool thing, I think Salah is absolutely amazing, but I just think Mbappe has got the ability to be out-of-this-world special. That means there's only four Premier League players in the top 20 (the aforementioned Casemiro and Salah as well as Manchester United 's Harry Maguire and "He's got a bit of Eric Cantona in him. Messi 3. "I like the fact he doesn't care what anyone thinks. World Cup winners Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane join international team-mateMbappe on the list, andGolden Boot winnerHarry Kane is also included. - Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) "I think the new generation is ready to take that mantle on.". The next 20 names also make for some rather interesting reading, with 11 of the players ranked, such as Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane, still plying their trade in the Premier League at the moment. 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Now, were getting into the business end of things, with the players between 11 and 25 being ranked, so expect to see some of the very best to ever step onto a pitch, with eight of the 15 still playing to this day. The list is going to cause some controversy, and ironically, probably even more debate, so lets jump right into it and not waste any more of your time. You can't teach that. "He left that maybe for selfish reasons to become the Ballon d'Or winner and try to take Paris Saint-Germain to a Champions League. For a player who averaged more than 30 per season in league games alone at Barcelona, it is unfamiliar territory. The Norwegian has smashed 56 goals in 57 Bundesliga games since his arrival at Borussia Dortmund from Red Bull Salzburg in January 2020 and this season has been his most prolific yet, with a total of 16 goals and five assists in 14 league games meaning he is averaging 1.65 goal involvements per 90 minutes. Neymar, Lewandowski and De Bruyne all make the top 10, while Mbappe, despite only being 23, is 18th having been named Man-of-the-Match 58 times since making his professional debut in 2015. Neville knows that as well as anyone having watched him dismantle his Valencia side with Barcelona during his time as the La Liga outfit's head coach. As its counted as per the votes by players and coaches, its always interesting to Only time will tell whether others start to follow suit. While everybody from Bill Gates to Kim Kardashian to the pope had their ticks taken away as part of the sitewide cull, a slightly odd turn of events saw three celebrities -- all of whom had been vocal in their criticism of the Twitter Blue scheme -- get their subscriptions paid for by Musk himself. Neymar; 24. Lyon's Jean-Luc Vasseur is nominated for the best women's coach along with Chelsea's Emma Hayes and last year's runner-up Sarina Wiegman of the Netherlands. 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Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, the Premier League's player of the year last season, also made the shortlist as did Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos. Meanwhile, Hansi Flick, who took charge of Bayern in November last year, is nominated for the best men's coach along with Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp, Leeds United's Marcelo Bielsa, Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid and Sevilla's Europa League-winning coach Julen Lopetegui. Not an everyday trio of celebrities you would put together. "He's predominantly a goalscorer but the timing for him is just a little bit out of sync. Lewandowski missed out to Messi in the Ballon d'Or voting last year. I think he's a top player. WebPlayer Comparison: Neymar vs. Kylian Mbapp vs. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has revamped the site's verified status, and those who are unwilling to pay his new $8-a-month subscription fee will now have an account just like any regular user on the platform. Already lost it once, not scared of not having it anymore I'm not paying for this weird ideas lol. Among the women's best player nominees are European and French champions Lyon's captain Wendie Renard and former team mate Lucy Bronze, who moved to Manchester City. Not the case for Barcelona (46.9 million), as their account has become unverified overnight. Ashley Cole; 22. Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah are among the nominees for The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year award for 2018. "You would be naming players other than Ronaldo and Messi, and that is the clearest sign that while these two are still operating at the highest level, they are fading from the levels they were at before. - ESPN+ viewer's guide: Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, FA Cup and more News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. "I think the toss-up for me would be between Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe," says Jamie Carragher; "there is no doubt Salah is world class, but Mbappe has got something different," says Gary Neville. Ronaldo, a former Real Madrid and Barcelona striker, had spoken Mbappe in the past when he urged his Real to make a move for 23-year-old over his PSG "He was in a brilliant team at that time with Suarez and Messi as a front three and Barcelona the best team in the world. Shaka Hislop explains why Manchester City have the edge over Real Madrid in the Champions League. Son, Suarez, WSL stars up for FIFA Puskas Award. ', Brecel holds off Selby fightback to win World Snooker final, Arteta: This is not over | Lampard: Arsenal still in the title race. That means there's only four Premier League players in the top 20 (the aforementioned Casemiro and Salah as well as Manchester United's Harry Maguire and Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus). His former teammate, Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara, was also nominated. "At times earlier in the season, Salah was at a level that was the best in the world, and he still could be," he says. (1:51). Robert Lewandowski - 86 (17% of games), TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JULY 31: Paris Saint-Germain's Jr Neymar celebrates after scoring fourth goal during the Champions Trophy at Bloomfield Stadium on July 31, 2022 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Neymar is 28 years old and Mbappe is 22. Wiegman was recently appointed England women's new coach and will replace Phil Neville in September 2021. In fact, he has been given the Man-of-the-Match award in over half the games he's played since 2009, which is just bonkers. "But if you said to me I could sign one player for Manchester United tomorrow, I would still probably go for Mbappe or Haaland over Salah. That means there's NO Premier League star in the top ten, with Casemiro the highest-ranked player who plies his trade in England's top flight. Neymar 2. The Frenchman is six years younger at 23 but dominating the game in the same way as Messi and Ronaldo could be a tall order, according to Carragher. Many of Mahrez's City teammates suffered the same fate with the likes of Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne losing their ticks in one fell swoop. It is in the Champions League, though, that he has shone most brightly, contributing four goals and four assists in the group stage before his sensational, solo winner in the last-16 first-leg clash with Real Madrid, the club desperate to sign him this summer. Deary me, the bar is low for this one. But his brilliance remains aged 30. Joining them on the shortlist are Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, who reached the Champions League final with PSG, while Liverpool's Premier League winning trio of Please elaborate why Messi gets to play with players like Mbappe and Neymar and Ronaldo is playing with players like "Ghareeb" 28 Apr 2023 20:37:07 Arsenal's free-scoring Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema also made the shortlist along with Sam Kerr who won the FA Women's Super League last season with Chelsea. Thomas Muller; 19. "Purely on goals, Ronaldo and Messi have redefined football. For Carragher, though, his numbers are most important. You have come to the ESPN Africa edition, for other ESPN editions, click above. (1:51). "There are always great players coming, and for Ronaldo and Messi to hold off that competition for so long just shows how far ahead of everybody else they were.". Wide players were there to assist and cross. "There's that many star players there desperate to be the main man and possibly one who is about to take that mantle in Mbappe.". Messi and Ronaldo are inevitably at the top, but in which order? "Messi picked up the last Ballon d'Or but I do think that will be the last time we see Messi or Ronaldo pick that trophy up. Gerard Pique; 23. So, to try and settle this one and for all, the team over at FourFourTwo have ranked the 100 best players from the 21st century. So Messi has been given the most Man-of-the-Match awards in world football since 2009 - and it's not even close. Carra: A toss-up between Salah and Mbappe Mohamed Salah is the Premier League's top scorer with 19 goals this season Mbappe is enjoying a spectacular season "It just felt fitting that he would play his whole career for one club so I'm sad that didn't happen in the end. Well, the numbers suggest so, with just four players in the top 20. Due to your consent preferences, youre not able to view this. 1. - Goal of the Year! He has been the best player on the pitch a crazy 306 times in the last 13 years. 3 once again with $95 million, and the 22-year-old The top three finalists in each category will be announced on Dec. 11. Mbappe is enjoying a spectacular season at PSG, matching Messi's total of 10 assists in Ligue 1 while also scoring 14 goals himself, including two in that recent win over St Etienne. As far as footballers are concerned, it doesn't appear that Musk has been willing to pay for any players to maintain their status, though a few significant names have obviously signed up to the service in order to protect their verified accounts. Netherlands, Bayern great finishes marathon in under 3 hours. And it seems Los Blancos don't want any imposters trying to claim they play for them -- because they are paying that $50-a-month fee for every player to keep their blue ticks -- as shown by Karim Benzema's account. Lionel Messi joined PSG from Barcelona in the summer, Mohamed Salah is the Premier League's top scorer with 19 goals this season, Kylian Mbaape has been in inspired form for PSG this season, Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 15 goals in 30 games for Man Utd this season, Erling Haaland has been outstanding for Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski remains one of the most prolific goalscorers in the world, Neymar has struggled to find consistency at PSG due to fitness issues, Carragher described Salah as the best player in the world. But they have redefined how we see the wide striker in football. "He reminds me of Henry, but he's also got a bit of Ronaldo in him. Among the women's best player nominees are European and French champions Lyon's captain Wendie Renard and former team mate Lucy Bronze, who moved to Manchester City.
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