The official Ballon d'Or has announced this year's list of candidates for the Best Men's Footballer, with the specific names as follows:
Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain), Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain), Bellingham (Real Madrid), Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), Dumfries (Inter Milan), Girassy (Borussia Dortmund)
Haaland (Manchester City), Zequinha (Sporting CP), Achraf (Paris Saint-Germain), Kane (Bayern Munich), Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain), Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Mac Allister (Liverpool), Lautaro (Inter Milan), McTominay (Napoli), Mbappé (Real Madrid), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain), Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
Pedri (Barcelona), Palmer (Chelsea), Ollie (Bayern Munich), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rice (Arsenal), Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
Van Dijk (Liverpool), Vinícius (Real Madrid), Salah (Liverpool), Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain), Yamal (Barcelona)