Ballon d’Or 2022: 20-man nominees confirmed

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Today&comma; Friday&comma; August 12&comma; 2022&comma; a 20-man shortlist for this year&&num;8217&semi;s Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or award was revealed&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">The award&&num;8217&semi;s organizers&comma; France Football&comma; made this statement today via their website&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31514" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1660330825612&lowbar;copy&lowbar;1080x1080-300x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ballon d’Or 2022&colon; 20-man nominees confirmed" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Recall that current Paris Saint-Germain player Lionel Messi won the Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or last season after defeating players like Robert Lewandowski&comma; Jorginho&comma; and Karim Benzema&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">The candidates nominated for this year are&colon; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 20px&semi;">Thibaut Courtois &lpar;BEL&comma; Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Rafael Leao &lpar;POR&comma; AC Milan&rpar;&comma; Mohamed Salah &lpar;EGY&comma; Liverpool&rpar;&comma; Joshua Kimmich &lpar;GER&comma; Bayern Munich&rpar;&comma; Christopher Nkunku &lpar;FRA&comma; RB Leipzig&rpar;&comma; Trent Alexander-Arnold &lpar;ANG&comma; Liverpool&rpar;&comma; Robert Lewandowski &lpar;POL&comma; Bayern Munich then FC Barcelona&rpar;&comma; Bernardo Silva &lpar;POR&comma; Manchester City&rpar;&comma;Vinicius Junior &lpar;BRE&comma; Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Luis Diaz &lpar;COL&comma; FC Porto then Liverpool&rpar;&comma; Karim Benzema &lpar;FRA&comma; Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Fabinho &lpar;BRE&comma; Liverpool&rpar;&comma; Riyad Mahrez &lpar;ALG&comma; Manchester City&rpar;&comma; Heung-min Son &lpar;CDS&comma; Tottenham&rpar;&comma; Casemiro &lpar;BRE&comma; Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Phil Foden &lpar;ENG&comma; Manchester City&rpar;&comma; Harry Kane &lpar;ENG&comma; Tottenham&rpar;&comma; Sadio Mané &lpar;SEN&comma; Liverpool then Bayern Munich&rpar;&comma; Darwin Nunez &lpar;URU&comma; Benfica then Liverpool&rpar;&comma; Mike Maignan &lpar;FRA&comma; AC Milan&rpar;&comma; Kevin De Bruyne &lpar;BEL&comma; Manchester City&rpar;&comma; Sébastien Haller &lpar;CIV&comma; Ajax then Borussia Dortmund&rpar;&comma; Luka Modric &lpar;CRO&comma; Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Cristiano Ronaldo &lpar;POR&comma; Manchester United&rpar;&comma; Antonio Rüdiger &lpar;GER&comma; Chelsea then Real Madrid&rpar;&comma; Joao Cancelo &lpar;POR&comma; Manchester City&rpar;&comma; Erling Haaland &lpar;NOR&comma; Borussia Dortmund then Manchester City&rpar;&comma; Kylian Mbappé &lpar;FRA&comma; PSG&rpar;&comma; Virgil Van Dijk &lpar;HOL&comma; Liverpool&rpar; and Dusan Vlahovic &lpar;SER&comma; Fiorentina then Juventus&rpar;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;