• Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. AP Photo
    Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. AP Photo
  • Barcelona's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez. AFP
    Barcelona's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar. AFP
  • Dries Mertens of Italian club Napoli. Getty Images
    Dries Mertens of Italian club Napoli. Getty Images
  • Toni Kroos of Real Madrid. Getty Images
    Toni Kroos of Real Madrid. Getty Images
  • Karim Benzema of Real Madrid. Getty Images
    Karim Benzema of Real Madrid. Getty Images
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during his time at Borussia Dortmund. AFP
    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during his time at Borussia Dortmund. AFP
  • Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci. AFP
    Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani. AFP
  • Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win a third successive Champions League in May before switching to Juventus over the summer. Reuters
    Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid win a third successive Champions League in May before switching to Juventus over the summer. Reuters
  • Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City. Getty Images
    Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City. Getty Images
  • Manchester United's David de Gea. Reuters
    Manchester United's David de Gea. Reuters
  • Juventus' Argentine forward Paulo Dybala. AFP
    Juventus' Argentine forward Paulo Dybala. AFP
  • Roma's Edin Dzeko. EPA
    Roma's Edin Dzeko. EPA
  • Monaco's Radamel Falcao. Reuters
    Monaco's Radamel Falcao. Reuters
  • Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann. Reuters
    Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann. Reuters
  • Eden Hazard of Chelsea. Getty Images
    Eden Hazard of Chelsea. Getty Images
  • Bayern Munich's German defender Mats Hummels. AFP
    Bayern Munich's German defender Mats Hummels. AFP
  • Real Madrid's Isco. Reuters
    Real Madrid's Isco. Reuters
  • Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur. Getty Images
    Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur. Getty Images
  • Chelsea's N'Golo Kante. Reuters
    Chelsea's N'Golo Kante. Reuters
  • Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski. AFP
    Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé. AFP
  • Real Madrid's Marcelo. AP Photo
    Real Madrid's Marcelo. AP Photo
  • Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. AP Photo
    Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. AP Photo
  • Luka Modric of Real Madrid. Getty Images
    Luka Modric of Real Madrid. Getty Images
  • Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak. Reuters
    Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak. Reuters
  • Real defender Sergio Ramos. AP Photo
    Real defender Sergio Ramos. AP Photo
  • Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho. AP Photo
    Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho. AP Photo
  • Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane. AFP
    Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane. AFP

Football

No Mohamed Salah, but meet Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and the other Ballon d'Or nominees - in pictures

Check out the gallery above to see who else makes the list

Steve Luckings
Steve Luckings
Abu Dhabi

October 09, 2018

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The 30 nominees for the 2018 Ballon d'Or were released in painstaking fashion on Monday, with the usual suspects all there.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - winners of France Football magazine's prestigious award 10 times between them - are among the contenders, alongside recently-crowned Fifa Best Player Luka Modric.

Check out the gallery above to see who else makes the list.

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