The French striker has stated that he and all of his team-mates want their Portuguese partner Cristiano Ronaldo to win the prestigious award in January.
The FIFA Ballon d’Or nominations have been shortlisted to the final three as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta have made up the last three remaining in the contest.
The trio have had memorable seasons as all of them look set to claim the individual honour when it is presented on January 7th 2013.
Lionel Messi, if honoured with the accolade, will win it for the 4th season in a row, where as Portugal captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 has gone on to win the award on one previous occasion, back in the 2007-2008 season.
Andres Iniesta is new to the contest as he has never been able to bag the honour in the past.
Barcelona forward http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 has his amazing goal-feats to back up his cause in the case, whereas Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo led his team to win their first La Liga title in 4 years.
Ronaldo also had a more than impressive campaign at the Euro 2012, where he led his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 team to the semi finals of the tournament, his goals being there for his country, when they were needed the most.
Iniesta has a big say to his cause as well as the Barcelona midfielder was at the heart of things for Spain’s successful defence of their Euro crown in the summers.
Real Madrid forward http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 players as he has had a more complete season than his fellow contestants.
"Who do I want to win the Ballon d'Or? Cristiano http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 Football.
The France striker was also pleased at Real’s representation in the honour list of the final 23 players of the award stating,
"With six players among the final 23 players, Madrid are already the team with the most players on that list, so we won that game."
The prestigious award is to be presented on January the 7th, 2012 and it is very much up for the grabs as the final three all have strong cases of their own.
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