It’s that time of the year where the nominees for the Ballon d’Or have been announced. France Football have adjudged the 30 best footballers of the last 12 months, and five of those up for the award are from LaLiga.
Real Madrid have three nominees for the award, whereas Barcelona have two. Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric will hope to make it back-to-back winners for Los Blancos (after Karim Benzema’s success in 2022), while Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gundogan are in contention for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann is also nominated after an exceptional 2022-23 season.
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