THE Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has released its nomination list for the Best Men Player of the Year 2022 which sees the likes of Messi, Mbappe, and Salah on the list.
The award ceremony, which happens to be one of the biggest sporting events awards, will see new names make the list while some regular names will, as usual, make it to the list. Surprisingly, Al Nassr's signing, Cristiano Ronaldo did not make it to the list.
The full nominee list released by FIFA is as follows;
Julian Alvarez-River Plate/Manchester City
Jude Bellingham-Borussia Dortmund
Karim Benzema-Real Madrid
Kevin De Bruyne-Manchester City
Erling Haaland-Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City
Achraf Hakimi-Paris Saint-Germain
Robert Lewandowski-Bayern Munich/Barcelona
Sadio Mane-Liverpool/Bayern Munich
Kylian Mbappe-Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi-Paris Saint-Germain
Luka Modric-Real Madrid
Neymar-Paris Saint-German
Mohamed Salah-Liverpool
Vinicius Junior-Real Madrid
The final shortlist of players is selected by FIFA-based standards on sporting performance, while votes are then decided by media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains, and the general public.
Each group gets 25% of the vote before a winner is announced from votes cast from those four sections.
