Monday, October 29, 2012

Five Famous EPL players short listed alongside Messi and Ronaldo for Ballon d’Or


Manchester City had Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure and Mario Balotelli nominated following their title triumph. Rooney’s United team-mate Robin van Persie was listed for his goalscoring exploits with Arsenal before his transfer. The Spanish La liga has eleven players in the list.

See full list after the jump.........
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
Mario Balotelli (Manchester City)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Didier Drogba (Chelsea, now Shanghai Shenhua)
Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan, now Paris-SG)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Neymar (Santos)
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)
Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Yaya Toure (Manchester City)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal, now Manchester United)
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)

Votes from coaches and captains of national teams, as well as a number of journalists, will be be collated to find a top three who will be revealed on November 29.
And the overall winner will be named by FIFA on January 7, 2013.
Three Premier League managers make the 10-man shortlist for FIFA Coach of the Year.



FIFA Coach of the Year:

Vicente del Bosque (Spain national team), Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea), Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Pep Guardiola (former Barcelona coach), Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Joachim Low (Germany national team), Roberto Mancini (Manchester City), Jose Mourinho (Real Madrid), Cesare Prandelli (Italy national team)



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