After Rodri was eliminated from the 30 nominees dominated by Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, the 2025 Ballon d’Or will have a new winner for the second consecutive year.
By the time he won the 2024 award in October, the Manchester City midfielder had already injured his knee ligament, which ended his campaign.
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the final of his eight awards in 2023, are not both on the list.
Nine candidates are available for PSG, who won the Champions League in a dominant manner.
Four players, including the youngest, Lamine Yamal, who is just 18 years old, and the oldest, 36-year-old Robert Lewandowski, who represent Barcelona, who both won a league and cup double.
The Brazilian is one of three nominees for Real Madrid, who boycotted the ceremony last year and claimed to be upset that Rodri was chosen over Vinicius.
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Scott McTominay, who becomes the first Scottish nominee since Ally McCoist in 1987, earns praise for winning Italy’s Serie A.
If he wins, he would be the first Scot to win the award, following Denis Law in 1964, and the first player from Diego Maradona’s former club.
The Ballon d’Or ceremony will hold the announcement on September 22.
The final 30 nominees are listed below.
1. Ousmane Dembele (FRA/PSG)
2. Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA/PSG)
3. Bellingham (ENG/Real Madrid)
4. Desire Doue (FRA/PSG)
5. (NED/Inter Milan) Denzel Dumfries
6. Seth Guirassy (GUI/Dortmund)
7. NOR/Manchester City’s Erling Haaland
8. (SWE/Arsenal) Viktor Gyokeres
9. Achraf Hakimi (MAR/PSG)
10. Harry Kane (ENG/Bayern)
11. Khvicha Kvartskhelia (GEO/PSG)
12. Robert Lewandowski (POL/Barcelona)
13. Alexis Mac Allister (ARG/Liverpool)
14. ARG/Inter Milan Lutaro Martinez
15. Scott McTominay (SCO/Naples)
16. Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe
17. (POR/PSG) – Nuno Mendes
18. Joey Neves (POR/PSG)
19. Pedri (ESP/Barcelona)
20. Cole Palmer (ENG/Chelsea)
21. Michael Olise (FRA/Bayern)
22. Barcelona/BRA/Raphinha
23. Declan Rice (ENG/Arsenal)
24. (SCO/PSG) Fabian Ruiz
25. (NED/Liverpool) Virgil van Dijk
26. Vicicius (BRA/Real Madrid)
27. (EGY/Liverpool) Mohamed Salah
28. GER/Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz
29. Vitinha (POR/PSG),
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