The 2024 Ballon d’Or nominees.
The 2024 Ballon d’Or nominees: Who deserves to win it? Who was unlucky to miss out? There’s no ‘I’ in team but there is one in ‘best player in the world’ and that, one and all, is where the Ballon d’Or comes in. Crowning the number one footballer in the world over the last year may seem like a fool’s errand given the multitude of nuances involved, but that’s what the France Football magazine has been doing since 1956 and, on Wednesday night, the nominees for the 2024 men’s award were announced. The big names were all there (you’d think so given there are 30 players on the shortlist) and will be voted on by a group of pesky journalists before the winner is named on October 28. The nominees for the 2024 Ballon d'Or were revealed, marking a significant shift as both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are absent from the list for the first time in two decades. Some of the top contenders include: - *jude Bellingham ** (Real Madrid, England) - **Erling Haaland** (Manchester City, Norwa...
