Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne and Norway’s Erling Haaland are all candidates for the 2022/23 UEFA season, the European football governing body announced this Thursday.
The winner, who will replace France’s Karim Benzema, will be announced on 31 August during the Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
The final list, announced this Thursday, was the result of a vote by a jury made up of the coaches of the clubs that played in the group stage of last season’s European competition, as well as men’s coaches and journalists.
Germany’s Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City/Barcelona, 129 points), Spaniards Rodri Hernandez (Manchester City, 110) and Jesus Navas (Sevilla, 6), French Kylian Mbappé (PSG) , 82), Croats Luka Modric (Real Madrid, 33) and Marcelo Brozovic (Inter / Al Nasr, 20), Englishman Declan Rice (West Ham / Arsenal, 14) and Argentine Alexis McAllister (“Brighton” / “Liverpool”, 12). finalists.
In European competition, Manchester City won the Champions League on their debut, Sevilla won the Europa League for the seventh time in their history, and West Ham won the European Conference League in the year that Argentina closed the world title. .
In addition to the male player nominations, UEFA also announced the top three coaches finalists, Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Simone Inzaghi (Champions finalist with Inter) and Luciano Spalletti, who helped Napoli win the title Italy, 33 years later.
It won’t be until next week that the football organization will announce the nominees for Best Female Player and Best Female Coach next week, and when that happens, with the final between England and Spain on Sunday, the Women’s World Cup.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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