Messi, Haaland, Mbappé amid favorites for FIFA’s The Best trophy

Leo Messi, Erling Haaland, and Kylian Mbappé are part of the 12-player shortlist for FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player nominees, with Declan Rice also part of the nominees after being captain of ex-team West Ham that triumphed in the Europa Conference League.

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Argentinian superstar Messi, now part of the Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, can triumph with the trophy for a record 3^rd time, winning the award in 2019 in 2022.

But despite finally winning the World Cup, Leo faces tough competition from the Sky Blues attacker Haaland after the Norwegian netted 52 goals as Man. City won a historic treble in the past campaign.

Julián Álvarez, Marcelo Brozovic, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan, Rodri, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Victor Osimhen and Bernardo Silva are the other names that are selected and can win the award.

Cristiano Ronaldo is not part of the nominees after having a disappointing start to the past season with Manchester United. After that, he continued his career in Saudi Arabia but failed to win the title with Al-Nassr.