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Organisers of the Ballon d’or the French Football is releasing the list of nominees for the prestigious award, Neymar, N'Golo Kante and Philippe Coutinho are among the first ten players on the 30-man Ballon d'Or shortlist for the 2017 award announced so far. Ballon d'Or organisers France Football have released the first ten names to be included on the shortlist and Neymar is joined by Premier League duo Kante and Coutinho.

Ballon D'or Shortlist So Far

Neymar - Paris Saint-Germain
N'Golo Kante - Chelsea
Luka Modric - Real Madrid
Paulo Dybala - Juventus
Marcelo - Real Madrid
Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool
Luis Suarez - Barcelona
Jan Oblak - Atletico Madrid
Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid
Dries Mertens - Napoli

 

Cristiano Ronaldo remains the heavy favourite to defend his 2016 crown. He clinched last year's title ahead of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann and is expected to be among the names announced later in the day. If Ronaldo wins this year he would equal Messi's haul of five Ballon d'Ors. The rivals have shared the last nine awards between them since Ronaldo claimed his first in 2008 as a Manchester United player.

 

The remaining 20 names on the shortlist will be announced at intervals throughout Monday with the full shortlist set to be revealed by 6.15pm.

 

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