France Football has announced the 30-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or. The 2023-24 season has been an excellent one for the League, and just like that, there are many nominees from the Spanish first flight.
Jude Bellingham, Federico Valverde, Vinicius Junior, Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger and Kylian Mbappe are the six. Real Madrid players to be in contention, while former Los Blancos star Toni Kroos is also in the running. It is expected that the winner will be one of them, with Bellingham and Vinicius seen as the main candidates.
Barcelona they have two nominees: Lamine Yamal, who is also for the Kopa Trophy, and Dani Olmo. The last player on the list is Nico Williams, who had a fantastic Euro 2024 campaign with Spain.
The winner will be revealed at the Ballon d'Or ceremony later this year. It is likely that the award will be returned to La Liga, where it was regularly during the Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo era.
