The full list of players is as follows:
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid);
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City);
- Phil Foden (Manchester City);
- Federico Valverde (Real Madrid);
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
- Rodri (Manchester City);
- Declan Rice (Arsenal);
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich);
- Vitinha (PSG);
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea);
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid);
- Lamin Yamal (Barcelona);
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal);
- William Saliba (Arsenal);
- Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter);
- Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid);
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Bayer);
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta);
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter);
- Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid);
- Artyom Dovbik (Girona/Roma);
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City);
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid / no club);
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal);
- Dani Olmo (Barcelona);
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid);
- Nico Williams (Athletics Bilbao);
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer)
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen);
- Mats Hummels (Rome).
- For the first time in 21 years, neither Ronaldo nor Messi are on the Ballon d’Or shortlist
Source: Sport

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