Luka Modric winning the Ballon d'Or in 2018 broke the Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi Ballon d'Or dominance over the last 10 years, but will it be for good?
Ronaldo and Messi have both won five apiece, but they are still favourites to lift it again this year – though another upset could be pulled by Liverpool and Netherlands star Virgil van Dijk, who was awarded the PFA Player of the Season award and has been a pivotal figure for Liverpool in their successful Champions League campaign .
The 2018-19 campaign saw the end of the Ronaldo/Messi rivalry in La Liga after the Portugal international completed a summer move to Juventus from Real Madrid, and predictions for the Ballon d'Or award seemed to rest on whoever won the Champions League.