The Nominees for the 2017 Ballon d’Or As Chelsea F.C, Liverpool F.C Are The Only English Clubs That Has Two Nominees Each While Real Madrid F.C Has Eight.

The Nominees for the 2017 Ballon d’Or As Chelsea F.C, Liverpool F.C Are The Only English Clubs That Has Two Nominees Each While Real Madrid F.C Has Eight.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar have made a 30-man shortlist of players nominated for the 2017 Ballon D’Or award.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the big favourite to defend his crown and match Lionel Messi’s five trophies.

The pair are expected to lead the running in 2017, although the likes of Neymar will hope to have a say.

The full list of top footballers was revealed on Monday by the organisers, France Football.

Here are the Ballon d’Or 2017 final shortlist.👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)

Eden Hazard (Chelsea, Belgium)

Leonardo Bonucci (AC Milan, Italy)

Isco (Real Madrid, Spain)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France)

Neymar (PSG, Brazil)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)

Paulo Dybala (Juventus, Argentina)

Marcelo (Real Madrid, Brazil)

N’Golo Kante (Chelsea, France)

Luis Suarez (Barcelona, Uruguay)

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, Spain)

Jan Oblak Atletico (Madrid, Slovenia)

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool, Brazil)

Dries Mertens (Napoli, Belgium)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Poland)

David de Gea (Manchester United,Spain)

Harry Kane (Tottenham, England)

Edin Dzeko (Roma,Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid,France)

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy)

Radamel Falcao (Monaco, Colombia)

Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Senegal)

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Germany)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund, Gabon)

Edinson Cavani (PSG, Uruguay)

Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich, Germany)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France).

Was your take on the nominees and who do you think has the highest chances of winning the prestigious award Ballon d’Or for year 2017, let's have your ViEW👇🏽 👇🏽 👇🏽