Uefa: Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo shortlisted for player of the year
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Gianluigi Buffon, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the Uefa men's player of the year.
Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Buffon, Argentina and Barcelona striker Messi and Portugal and Real Madrid forward Ronaldo were chosen by a jury of 80 coaches and 55 journalists.
Messi and Ronaldo have won the award twice - Ronaldo winning last season.
The award will be presented at the 2017/18 Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on Thursday 24 August.
Pernille Harder (Denmark, Linkoping and Wolfsburg), Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany, Lyon) and Lieke Martens (Netherlands, Rosengard and Barcelona) are the three nominees for the women's award.
The players who make up the rest of the top 10 are:
4: Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)
5: Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
6: Paulo Dybala (Argentina, Juventus)
7: Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid)
8: Kylian Mbappe (France, Monaco)
9: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)
10: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Manchester United)
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Over the last year Sanchez, Kante and Hazard are a long way ahead - and that's just the PL
And MotD is on what channel again?
5 min game footage followed by 5 mins pointless waffle after each game
lineker smiling like a bufoon as his bank balance rises by the second and alan shearer with the intelect of squashed snail
delaying it by 15 minutes because they have to keep showing a 4 x 4 100m race repeatedly then put the news on
Garbage!
Fingers crossed for a Buffon upset! #justiceforbuffon
One of the greatest footballers, unfortunately also one of the greatest prima donnas
5 match ban heading his way
You can't push refs and expect to get away with it
Great footballer but in many ways a bloody awful example to the young players
"Find it surprising Gabriel Agbomlahor isn't shortlisted"
Not that surprising. I find it more surprising that Gabriel Agbonlahor isn't shortlisted.
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"5 players from Spain. UEFA really is biased towards the Spanish clubs."
Unfortunately, those two clubs that feature are the two best in the world with the best players in the world. It's not biased, no matter how much you complain.
Dirk Kuyt??
Why have the bbc put "live" text updates from games that happened 25 years ago?
More wasted time and money by the BBuselessC
The premier league has nothing to do with the bbc
All the sport they can afford (cos they waste so much on crap programmes and presenters) is athletics and tennis which are both shite
So as not to be sexist I hope Lieke Martens wins the women's award. She has got two good feet, can run all day long and is easy on the eye.
PL is good but the top top players aren't in it or leave once they get to this level.