World’s best battle for Ballon d’Or
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The 30-man shortlist for the 2019 award includes seven players from Champions League winners Liverpool. Five-time Ballon d’Or winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are also nominated
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English Premier League leads field with 15 players nominated, Spanish La Liga is next with seven players
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Messi
Van Dijk
Ronaldo
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PLAYER NOMINEES 2019
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Trent Alexander-Arnold Liverpool 
Alisson
Roberto Firmino
Sadio Mané
Mohamed Salah 
Virgil van Dijk 
Georginio Wijnaldum 
Sergio Aguero    Man City
Kevin de Bruyne 
Riyad Mahrez 
Bernardo Silva 
Raheem Sterling 
Antoine Griezmann Barcelona
Frenkie de Jong 
Lionel Messi 
Marc-André ter Stegen


Hugo Lloris     Tottenham
Son Heung-min 
Karim Benzema   Real Madrid
Eden Hazard 
Matthijs de Ligt Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo
Marquinhos PSG
Kylian Mbappé
Dusan Tadic     Ajax 
Donny van de Beek
Pierre-Em. Aubameyang   Arsenal 
Joao Félix       Atletico Madrid 
Kalidou Koulibaly   Napoli 
Robert Lewandowski  Bayern

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Source: France Football © GRAPHIC NEWS