Liverpool’s Luis Suarez, Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 are three of the English Premier League footballers who have been shortlisted as nominees for the prestigious Ballon d’ OR award. The Ballon d’ OR award which
is given to the best footballer in a calendar year was given to Barcelona’s Argentinean forward http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296.
Messi is once again the front runner this time around due to his performances in the 2010-2011 season in the UEFA Champions League as well as the Spanish League but the skilful goal scorer has some competition this year. Luis Suarez
played a major role in Uruguay’s Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 as well as he adapted to the English Premier League quite quickly.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 had a shaky start to his Premier League season last year with Manchester United but his performances in the UEFA Champions League were a main factor in United’s run to the final of the tournament in question, a match
that they eventually lost to Barcelona. Luis Nani’s fantastic run of form which lasted throughout the 2010-2011 Premier League season helped Manchester United capture their 19th league title, which was a landmark in the club’s illustrious history.
Majority of the nominees for the Ballon d’ OR come from the Spanish football league, primarily from clubs such as Real Madrid and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
Barcelona ended the previous season as Spanish as well as the European champions whereas Real Madrid successfully ended their domestic trophy drought by capturing the Copa Del Rey as they defeated Barcelona in the final. Wesley
Sneijder has also been shortlisted for his consistency in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 and Thomas Mueller from Bayern Munich.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 are two more footballers who have made the list. A final decision will be made on the winner of the Ballon d’ OR award in January, 2012 but before that FIFA was expected to announce the names of the three
footballers who receive the highest number of votes in the second week of December, 2011.
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