France Football has announced changes in their rules for the Ballon d’Or award.
This comes after the magazine and FIFA ended its six-year association, which saw the Ballon D’Or and FIFA’s World Player of the Year combined to award the best player in the world.
France Football confirms the voting for the award, will be done by a
select group of journalists, which leaves out the input of national team
coaches and captains. They also announced that the shortlist of
finalists, will increase from 23 to 30 players.
Also, there will be no more three-man finalist, before presenting the prize.
The date of the announcement has also been changed, with the winner
to be revealed before the end of the calender year. The award was
previously handed out in January.
Since FIFA’s sponsorship of the Ballon d’Or in 2010, only Lionel
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won it. The Barcelona talisman has won
four, although the first was under its old name, while Ronaldo scooped
the other two.
Lionel Messi has won the prize the most times – the Barcelona forward picked up his record fifth award in 2015.
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