Kane On Ballon D'Or 2017 List....Bale Misses Out :

Monday 9 October 2017

Kane On Ballon D'Or 2017 List....Bale Misses Out

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has joined Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar on the 30-man Ballon d'Or 2017 shortlist.

Kane is one of seven Premier League players nominated, with Liverpool duo Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mane also up for France Football's prestigious award.

Chelsea pair N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard, Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne also make the list.

Gareth Bale, who finished sixth in last year's rankings, did not make the list.

The Ballon d'Or, which was aligned with FIFA from 2010 to 2015, has been won by either Ronaldo or Messi for the past nine years.

Gareth Bale did not make the final shortlist

Ronaldo picked up his fourth Ballon d'Or last year to move one behind Messi, and the Portugal and Real Madrid forward is odds-on favourite to make it five this time around.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Real Madrid trio Sergio Ramos, Marcelo and Luka Modric, and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez have also been shortlisted.

The Ballon d'Or is judged solely by a panel of journalists after FIFA and France Football ended their partnership in 2015.

In September, Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar were nominated as finalists for the Best FIFA Men's Player award.