Ballon d'Or: Who will win it, Are we in for Surprises? - Gistend

Ballon d'Or:  Who will win it as the battle is fierce (see nominations) - Gistend

The Ballon d’Or list for 2018 was unveiled with a host of top talents set to battle it out for the award.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah were all included in the top 30 list.

The nominations for the Ballon d’Or sees a list of the 30 best footballers on the planet created by France Football. Real Madrid’s Luke Modric is in the running to be named the Ballon d’Or winner for 2018 after winning the FIFA Best award.

It all kicked off on Monday with the players being announced in batches of five at a time and you can see how it unfolded below.

Ballon d’Or RECAP

30/30 names released

Sergio Aguero,
Alisson Becker,
Gareth Bale,
Karim Benzema,
Edinson Cavani

Thibaut Courtois,
Cristiano Ronaldo,
Kevin De Bruyne,
Roberto Firmino,
Diego Godin

Antoine Griezmann,
Eden Hazard,
Isco,
Harry Kane,
N’Golo Kante
Hugo Lloris,
Mario Mandzukic,
Sadio Mane,
Marcelo,
Kylian Mbappe

Lionel Messi,
Luka Modric,
Neymar,
Jan Oblak,
Paul Pogba

Ivan Rakitic,
Sergio Ramos,
Mohamed Salah,
Luis Suarez,
Raphael Varane

These all had a good run either for club or country or both especially the French players who tasted Glory in Russia, next on the list is the Crotian team who were super impressive and country heroics coming second in their campaign with Luka Modric superb performance.

The race is fierce, who really deserves it?
Will it be the Suspects ? The Cristiano Ronaldos" or Messi"s of this world or are we in for some suprises or would it be A Luka Modric Year to rap it all up.

The likes of Kylian Mbappe had a fantastic run at the just concluded World Cup in Russia with a stellar performance all through the tournament.
Ngolo Kante was out of this world with impossible tackles for club and country.

Just as the player with a flair in Paul Pogba and Amazing Griezmann. The list is just on fire.