Men’s shortlists for FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 revealed

[astonvilla91]

http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2 ... 62547.html

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014: Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Goetze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire).

[ruud]

We all know itll be Messi or Ronaldo...

How Messi won man of the tournament for the World Cup I'll never know

[MG&Son]

We all know itll be Messi or Ronaldo...

How Messi won man of the tournament for the World Cup I'll never know

Wouldnt expect anything less from FIFA

[MegaBonus]

who from the list can tick all three????

won the world Cup with Germany
won the champions league with Real
and won their respective domestic league

[jonnomath]

I'm a massive Messi fan but it appears Ronaldo has taken his game to a whole new level!!

[Fraggle Rock]

I don't care - it's a team sport

[totsreds08]

Suarez?

[Ronnie Chiggs]

I don't care - it's a team sport

^ This

[Chumbawumba]

Suarez?

According to an article I read in the Guardian - this award requires a degree of good behaviour. So I guess like the brownlow, he's ineligible.

[Old Master]

It's got to be Mueller in my opinion.

[Fraggle Rock]

You mean Müller.

[The Kop]

How is Mourinho nominated for the coaches award?

[COYR98]

I dont know about a German player. There was not really 1 individual player that completely shone for the team. Like a stereotypical german machine, they were a cohesive unit that worked together successfully, but on an individual level, although they were great, their not on best of the year material. Muller had a great year and so did Lahm, and Neuer deserves a mention. Maybe Ronaldo, Robben and Messi in that order. Or Ronaldo, Neuer/Muller and Messi. Beyond me that Suarez didnt get a nomination.

[Mad_Max]

How is Mourinho nominated for the coaches award?

[Mad_Max]

Beyond me that Suarez didnt get a nomination.

It's not a 'Dickhead of the Year' award.

[Chumbawumba]

Beyond me that Suarez didnt get a nomination.

It's not a 'Dickhead of the Year' award.

The answer is above if he cares to look

[COYR98]

Yeah cause Messi's tax charges and Ronaldo's rape case stopped them from being nominated

[COYR98]

or Hazard kicking a ball boy

[Juventino]

Suarez was banned, hence his non-inclusion. Kind of like not choosing Conte for the coaching award in 2012 when he had been banned.

[Mad_Max]

Yeah cause Messi's tax charges and Ronaldo's rape case stopped them from being nominated

Bite me!

[COYR98]

Yeah cause Messi's tax charges and Ronaldo's rape case stopped them from being nominated

Bite me!

Maybe next time

[Chumbawumba]

Yeah cause Messi's tax charges and Ronaldo's rape case stopped them from being nominated

What have they been convicted of?

[footballruckus]

with the list now narrowed down to three players namely Messi,Ronaldo and Neuer, I see Ronaldo winning ithe FiFa Player award come the year 2015

[Old Master]

Given the goal scoring records he's broken of late you really can't go past Messi - but Keep an eye out for Neuer as a dark horse.