Full Ballon D'or Nominees

The stage is set, and it's time to decide who the best player is over the year.

With a 30-man  nominee, the likes of Sergio Aguero, Gianluigi Buffon, Gareth Bale, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were first sets to be nominated along side Cristiano Ronaldo as the nominations were done in sets...

Under fire Zlatan Ibrahimovic was also Nominated, alongside Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy, Dimitri Payet, and Paul Pogba complete the list of nominees from the Premier League as the likes  of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Eden Hazard, Wayne Rooney miss out.

Here is the full list of Ballon D'or nominees.....

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Paulo Dybala (Juventus)

Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United)

Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

Koke (Atletico Madrid)

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)

Dimitri Payet (West Ham)

Paul Pogba (Manchester United)

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

Pepe (Real Madrid)

Neymar (Barcelona)

Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

Luis Suarez (Barcelona)

Jamie Vardy (Leicester)

Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich)

The countdown begins as the list begins to slim down......