The Fédération Internationale de Football Association [FIFA] has officially announced the nominees for their prestigious ‘The Best Men’s Player Nominees’.
Those on the 10-man list include Cristiano Ronaldo, Frankie De Jong, Matthijs de Ligt, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Sadio Mane, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk.
According to FIFA, voting is now open.
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??@VirgilvDijkVoting NOW OPEN ?https://t.co/nw6p9KIcc6
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 31, 2019
The shortlist takes into accounts achievements from July 16, 2018 to July 19, 2019 and was compiled by a panel of experts.
Between the 10 nominees, every major European trophy has been won, with the exception of the Premier League, and it is the Liverpool trio of Van Dijk, Salah and Mane, who narrowly missed out on that prize to Manchester City, who will be among the favourites for the gong given that they picked up the European Cup thanks to a 2-0 win over Tottenham in Madrid.
