There are 10 players left in the contenders for the main award, including four from Real Madrid and two from Man City
Ten players who took places from 11th to 20th in voting for the award have become known Ballon d’Or 2024.
The Manchester City midfielder fell just short of the top 10 Phil Foden. Following him is the best player in the Bundesliga last season Florian Wirtz. There is another representative of Bayer in the top ten – Granit Xhaka. Recent teammate of the Swiss Martin Odegaard from Arsenal – 19th. Rounding out the top twenty Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter).
Also included in the second ten ZM-2024 were: Dani Olmo (13th place, Leipzig / Barcelona), Ademola Lookman (14th, Atalanta, hero of the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League final), Nico Williams (15th, Athletic, one of the heroes – along with Olmo – EURO 2024), Federico Valverde (17th, Real Madrid) and Emiliano Martinez (18), the only goalkeeper and only representative of Aston Villa in the top 30.
Let us remind you that the players who took 21st to 30th places in the voting for the Ballon d’Or (led by Bukayo Saka from Arsenal) became known earlier. The list was completed by two from Roma – Ukrainian Artem Dovbik and German Mats Hummels.
By elimination, 10 candidates remain for the main award. Namely: Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior (all Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (ex-Real Madrid player who retired after Euro 2024), Erling Haaland and Rodri (both Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), as well as 17-year-old Lamin Yamal (Barcelona).
Another Ukrainian was supposed to arrive in the French capital – Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrei Lunin, who received a nomination for the prize for the best goalkeeper of the year. However, today the Madrid club canceled the visit of its delegation to the ceremony. Blancos are believed to have learned that winger Vinicius Junior, considered a top contender for the award, will not receive the Ballon d’Or tonight.
The awards ceremony for the 2024 Ballon d’Or winners takes place today, October 28. The traditional venue for the event is the Chatelet Theater in Paris.
Ranked at the 11st place for the 2024 Men’s Ballon d’Or! @PhilFoden @ManCity @England #ballondor pic.twitter.com/30vIXlpV5N
— Ballon d’Or (@ballondor) October 28, 2024
Source: Sportarena
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