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The 30 man shortlist for 2018 Balon d'Or


The 2018 Balon d'Or award is set to be presented in the 3rd of December.
(Source: Marca)
The 30-man shortlist for the Balon d'Or contains 8 players from the Champions League winning Real Madrid, 4 players from the runners-up Liverpool, 3 players each from Atletico Madrid, PSG and Barcelona, 2 players each from Manchester City, Chelsea Juventus and Tottenham and finally 1 from Manchester United make up the 30-man shortlist.

David De Gea, who made it to the UEFA FIFPRO XI team this year is the only a notable absentee in the nominations.

Balon d'Or: 30-man shortlist

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City, Argentina)

Alisson Becker (Liverpool, Brazil)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid, Wales)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)
Edinson Cavani (PSG, Uruguay)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Portugal)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool, Brazil)
Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid, Uruguay)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid, France)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea, Belgium)
Isco (Real Madrid, Spain)
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
N'golo Kante (Chelsea, France)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur, France)
Mario Manzukic (Juventus, Croatia)
Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Senegal)
Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)
Luka Moric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
Neymar (PSG, Brazil)
Oblak (Atletico Madrid, Slovenia)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United, France)
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona, Croatia)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)
Mo Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
Luis Suarez (Barcelona, Uruguay)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid, France)

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