The nominees for the 2021 Ballon d'Or have allegedly been leaked ahead of Friday evening's announcement.France Football's golden award is the most coveted individual prize in football with Europe's best player receiving the iconic trophy during the traditional ceremony in the New Year.30 players are up for nomination but it appears someone has jumped the gun ahead of the French magazine's announcement.
The usual suspects Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, unsurprisingly, are on the list that has circulated on social media. They've cleaned up since CR7 scooped the award in 2008 with only Luka Modric breaking the duopoly after his Real Madrid and Croatia heroics in 2018.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by
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