The 68th edition of the Most prestigious award for the best player in the world came with a bang as football fans are in shock, is it the the end or an era.Big name such as Ronaldo and Messi were missing from the list breaking a 21 Year old record or the two greatest to ever play the game missing from the Ballon D’ Or nomination.
Stars players like Benzema, Lewandowski, Modric, Osimhen, were missing on the list.Twitter now X went agog with Nigerians expressing their joy as Atlanta ace striker Ademola Lookman made the 30 Man list.Surprising appearance were Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal, Emiliano Martinez and Lautaro Martinez all thanks to their antecedents during the just concluded Euros; and World Cup in which Spain clinched, and Argentina scooped respectively.
30 Man Ballon D’or Nominees
Jude Bellingham
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Dani Carvajal
Rúben Dias
Artem Dovbyk
Phil Foden
Alejandro Grimaldo
Erling Haaland
Mats Hummels
Harry Kane
Toni Kroos
Ademola Lookman
Emiliano Martinez
Lautaro Martínez
Kylian Mbappé
Martin Ødegaard
Dani Olmo
Cole Palmer
Declan Rice
Rodri
Antonio Rüdiger
Bukayo Saka
William Saliba
Federico Valverde
Vinícius Júnior
Vitinha
Nico Williams
Florian Wirtz
Granit Xhaka
Lamine Yamal
In your own opinion, Who should win this and why do you think so?
