Full list of Ballon d’Or released as manchester united super included and Lionel Messi snubbed

Six-time champion For the first time in 17 years, Lionel Messi has not been nominated for the Ballon d’Or.
The 30-man shortlist for the most prestigious individual award in football was announced on Friday by France Football, and Messi missed the cut for the first time since 2005.

Long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo was included, but Messi’s difficult spell at Paris Saint-German appears to have coincided with the previously unthinkable. Neymar, a PSG teammate, was also left out.

Premier League stars dominate the list, accounting for 16 of the 30 nominees.

The complete shortlist is listed below in alphabetical order:

• Trent Alexander-Arnold
• Karim Benzema
• Joao Cancelo
• Casemiro
• Thibaut Courtois
• Kevin De Bruyne
• Luis Diaz
• Fabinho
• Phil Foden
• Erling Haaland
• Sebastien Haller
• Harry Kane
• Joshua Kimmich
• Rafael Leao
• Robert Lewandowski
• Riyad Mahrez
• Mike Maignan
• Sadio Mane
• Kylian Mbappe
• Luka Modric
• Christopher Nkunku
• Darwin Nunez
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Antonio Rudiger
• Mohamed Salah
• Bernardo Silva
• Heung-Min Son
• Virgil van Dijk
• Vinicius Jr
• Dusan Vlahovic