The winner will be announced on the last day of August at the Champions League group stage draw.
UEFA announced the nominees the best football player season 2022/23.
The top three contenders are Kevin de Bruyne And Erling Holland from Manchester City, and Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain.
De Bruyne and Haaland won trebles with the Citizens last season – the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League. In addition, the Norwegian striker became the top scorer of the championship of England and the Champions League, and was also recognized as the player of the season in the Premier League.
Messi in the Argentina national team became the world champion, having received the award of the best player of the tournament. In addition, as part of PSG, he won the French championship. Lionel has been named the FIFA World Player of the Year for 2022.
In the summer of 2023, the 36-year-old Argentine moved to Inter Miami, becoming a teammate of the Ukrainian Sergey Kryvtsov.
We add that De Bruyne was injured in the first round of the 2023/24 Premier League, due to which he will miss several months.
Recall that the nominees for the title of the best coach of last season became known earlier. They were Pep Guardiola from Manchester City, Simone Inzaghi from Inter, as well as ex-Napoli coach and likely Italy coach Luciano Spalletti.
The winner will be announced on 31 August at the 2023/24 Champions League group stage draw ceremony.
🥇 NOMINEES: UEFA Men’s Player of the Year 2022/23 ✨
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne🇳🇴 Erling Haaland🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
All #UEFA awards winners will be announced at the #UCLdraw on 31 Aug.
— UEFA (@UEFA) August 17, 2023
Source: Sportarena
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