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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski nominated for Ballon d'Or, according to leak, as France Football unveils 30-man shortlist for prestigious award which returns having been canned in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Ballon d'Or nominees have been revealed as 30 players vie for footballer's most prestigious prize.

The prestigious award - given to the year's best footballer - was cancelled last year owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi won the men's award in 2019, seeing off Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo to the prize, the sixth time he has won the Ballon d'Or.

Azpilicueta, Barella, Benzema, Bonucci, de Bruyne, Chiellini, C.Ronaldo, Dias, Donnarumma, B.Fernandes, Foden, Haaland, Jorginho, Kane, Kanté, Kjaer, Lewandowski, Lukaku, Mahrez, L.