Messi Missing In 30-Man List Of 2022 Ballon d’Or Nominees

France Football has released the full list of the 30-man nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or award with seven time award winner, Lionel Messi missing for the first time in many years.

France Football, the organizers of the award confirmed the list in a post on their website on Friday (today).

The last edition was won by Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain player, after beating Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Karim Benzema.

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See the nominees for 2022 Ballon d’Or:

Thibaut Courtois (BEL, Real Madrid),

Rafael Leao (POR, AC Milan),

Mohamed Salah (EGY, Liverpool),

Joshua Kimmich (GER, Bayern Munich),

Christopher Nkunku (FRA, RB Leipzig),

Trent Alexander-Arnold (ANG, Liverpool),

Robert Lewandowski (POL, Bayern Munich then FC Barcelona),

Bernardo Silva (POR, Manchester City),

Vinicius Junior (BRE, Real Madrid),

Luis Diaz (COL, FC Porto then Liverpool),

Karim Benzema (FRA, Real Madrid),

Fabinho (BRE, Liverpool),

Riyad Mahrez (ALG, Manchester City),

Heung-min Son (CDS, Tottenham),

Casemiro (BRE, Real Madrid),

Phil Foden (ENG, Manchester City),

Harry Kane (ENG, Tottenham),

Sadio Mané (SEN, Liverpool then Bayern Munich),

Darwin Nunez (URU, Benfica then Liverpool),

Mike Maignan (FRA, AC Milan),

Kevin De Bruyne (BEL, Manchester City),

Sébastien Haller (CIV, Ajax then Borussia Dortmund),

Luka Modric (CRO, Real Madrid),

Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Manchester United),

Antonio Rüdiger (GER, Chelsea then Real Madrid),

Joao Cancelo (POR, Manchester City),

Erling Haaland (NOR, Borussia Dortmund then Manchester City),

Kylian Mbappé (FRA, PSG),

Virgil Van Dijk (HOL, Liverpool)

Dusan Vlahovic (SER, Fiorentina then Juventus).

The absence of Lionel Messi from the Ballon d’Or list follows his transfer from La Liga favourites, Barcelona to PSG

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