For the first time since 2005, Argentine skipper, Lionel Messi’s name is missing on the list of nominees presented for the 2022 Ballon d’Or awards.
Messi, a 7th time winner of the award joined PSG last season from Barcelona, but had a poor outing in his first year at the French team.
Messi’s team mate and Brazilian star, Neymar is also missing on the 30-man list released on Friday by the organizers of the award.
Below is the Ballon d’Or 2022 nominees courtesy goal.com:
🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois
🇵🇹 Rafael Leao
🇫🇷 Christopher Nkunku
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
🇩🇪 Joshua Kimmich
🏴 Trent Alexander-Arnold
🇧🇷 Vinicius Jr
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva
🇨🇴 Luis Diaz
🇫🇷 Karim Benzema
🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski
🇩🇿 Riyad Mahrez
🇧🇷 Casemiro
🇰🇷 Son Heung-Min
🇧🇷 Fabinho
🇫🇷 Mike Maignan
🏴 Harry Kane
🇺🇾 Darwin Nunez
🏴 Phil Foden
🇸🇳 Sadio Mane
🇨🇮 Sebastien Haller
🇭🇷 Luka Modric
🇩🇪 Antonio Rudiger
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne
🇷🇸 Dusan Vlahovic
🇳🇱 Virgil van Dijk
🇵🇹 Joao Cancelo
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland
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