Lionel Messi Y Giuliano Alvarez are the two Argentine footballers who have been nominated to compete The best, the distinction conferred by Fifa the best player on the planet. Yes, the captain of world champion Argentina will have his strike partner as a rival in Qatar 2022.
The other players competing for the prize are the English Jude Bellingham, the French Karim Benzema, the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, the Pole Robert Lewandowski, the Senegalese Sadio Mané, the French Kylian Mbappé , the Croatian Luka Modric, the Egyptian Mohamed Salah and the Brazilians Neymar and Vinicius Junior.
There are a total of 14 nominees from which The Best will be chosen. The winner will emerge from a public vote that will close on February 3. The nominees were selected by a panel of FIFA experts, in recognition of achievements between 8 August 2021 and 18 December 2022.
After the close of voting, FIFA will announce the three finalists from which the winner will emerge as the best footballer of the year.
Of the 14 selected, four currently play for Paris Saint Germain, three for Manchester City and Real Madrid, and one for Barcelona, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
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